ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,981, issued on March 25, was assigned to Arrinex Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).
"Apparatus and methods for treating rhinitis" was invented by Vahid Saadat (Atherton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for treating conditions such as rhinitis are disclosed herein where a distal end of a probe shaft is introduced through the nasal cavity where the distal end has an end effector with a first configuration having a low-profile which is shaped to manipulate tissue within the nasal cavity. The distal end may be positioned into proximity of a tissue region having a post nasal nerve associated with a middle or inferio...