ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,963, issued on July 29, was assigned to Aerin Medical Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Methods and devices to treat nasal airways" was invented by Scott J. Wolf (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Andrew Frazier (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for treating nasal airways are provided. Such devices and methods may improve airflow through an internal and/or external nasal valve, and comprise the use of mechanical re-shaping, energy application and other treatments to modify the shape, structure, and/or air flow characteristics of an internal nasal valve, an external nasal valve or other nasal airways."
The pate...