ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,149, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to nastent inc. (Tokyo).
"Nasal cavity insertion device" was invented by Tomohiro Umemoto (Tokyo) and Takeshi Jibiki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A minimally invasive nasal cavity insertion device can be used in either the left or right nasal cavity. A cylindrical tube for insertion into a nasal cavity includes, in a circumferential direction, a first region, a second region opposite the first region, and a pair of left and right connecting regions connecting between the first and second regions. The clipper is connected to a first of the connecting regions. The outer peripheral surface o...