ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,052, issued on Sept. 16.
"Devices and methods for encouraging nasal breathing" was invented by Jed Eric Black (Palo Alto, Calif.), Stephen Arie Leeflang (Sandy, Utah) and Christian Scott Eversull (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods are provided for inhibiting mouth breathing and/or improving nasal breathing, e.g., for PAP users or users with other sleeping problems. In an exemplary embodiment, an adhesive device is provided that includes an elongate membrane comprising first and second ends and side edges extending between the first and second ends, a first surface comprising an adhesive layer. The ...