ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,924, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Acclarent Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Method of forming suction instrument end and shaver instrument end" was invented by Ehsan Shameli (Irvine, Calif.), Fatemeh Akbarian (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Todd A. Veloni (Orange, Calif.) and Babak Ebrahimi (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is used to manufacture a surgical instrument including a first tube, and a second tube. The first tube extends from a proximal first end portion to a distal first end portion. The second tube extends from a proximal second end portion to a distal second end portion. The second tube is positioned c...