US Patent Issued to Arrinex on Sept. 23 for "Apparatus and methods for improved nasal cavity treatments" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,782, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Arrinex Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Apparatus and methods for improved nasal cavity treatments" was invented by Brian Fahey (Menlo Park, Calif.) and William Jason Fox (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, a cryotherapy device includes an elongated shaft, and a cryotherapy delivery member coupled to a distal end of the elongated shaft. The cryotherapy delivery member is configured to apply, from a fixed position in a nasal cavity, thermal energy to at least one of a plurality of nerves in the nasal cavity or a plurality of branches of a nerve in the nasal cavity."...