ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,926, issued on June 10, was assigned to Neuraxis Inc. (Versailles, Ind.).
"Device and method for eradicating pathogens in nasal passages" was invented by Christopher R. Brown (Greensburg, Ind.) and Mark T. Volz (Batesville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for eradicating at least one pathogen in a nasal passage of a human or animal may include a housing configured to be inserted into the nasal passage, at least one radiation source, configured to emit radiation, coupled to the housing such that at least a portion of a radiation emitting surface, upon insertion of the housing into the nasal passage, faces at least a porti...