ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,926, issued on June 24.
"External nasal dilation device" was invented by Junkun Ma (Hoover, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An external nasal dilation device for enhancing nasal airflow includes a pair of pads, each of which has adhesive positioned on its lower face. The adhesive is used to removably attach the pads to opposed sides of a nose of a user. Each flap of a pair of flaps is hingedly attached to an upper face of a respective pad so that the flap is hingable relative to the respective pad. A panel is attached to and extends between the flaps. The panel is resiliently flexible so that the panel extends arcuately over a br...