Method of stopping nose bleeds

DETAILED DESCRIPTION An object of the invention, accordingly, is to provide a new and improved method of and device for reliably enabling the constricting of the fine, weak surface blood vessels in the Little's area of the nasal septum, more effectively to contol nose bleeds.
A further object is to provide a novel bandage for stopping epistaxis.
Other and further objects will be explained hereinafter and are more particularly delineated in the appended claims.
In summary, from one of its broader aspects, the invention contemplates a method of stopping nose bleeds at the Little's area of a person's nose, consisting of the following steps: (1) providing a single-piece flattened strip of material that is to be inserted into a nostril of the nose, the strip having an upper end and a lower end and having a predetermined length defined by the distance between said upper end and said lower end, the strip having thickness substantially less than the strip width and having sufficient rigidity to permit said strip to be manually inserted into said nostril lengthwise by grasping a lower region of the strip between the thumb and fingers of a person's hand and using the hand to insert the strip into the nostril, the strip having a region intermediate said upper end and said lower end with side surface area of said intermediate region sufficient to be coextensive with substantially the complete Little's area, and the strip being flexible enough to conform to the shape of Little's area; (2) manually inserting only said strip into said nostril with the strip grasped as aforesaid and using the hand to push the strip lengthwise into said nostril to a position at which said upper end is beyond said Little's area and at which said intermediate region at one side of the strip is placed directly proximal to the adjacent surface network of blood vessels of the Little's area of the nasal septum and said intermediate region extends coextensively over said surface network, with said predetermined length of the strip extending straight from said lower end to said upper end and with the width of the strip extending transversely to said length; (3) and then compressing the nose from the outside into direct engagement with the strip and thereby clamping said strip against said Little's area with said intermediate region of the strip at said one side in direct conforming pressure-applying engagement with said surface network of the Little's area, to terminate bleeding of vessels within said network