ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,817, issued on July 15, was assigned to Aerin Medical Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Nasal neuromodulation devices and methods" was invented by Scott J. Wolf (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for treating nerves in a nasal cavity starts with identifying a patient having a condition occurring outside the nasal cavity. The method then involves activating a console attached to a radiofrequency stylus, advancing a distal tip of the radiofrequency stylus into a nostril of the patient, contacting nasal mucosa lining the nasal cavity with a treatment surface of the distal tip, and delivering radiofrequency energy f...