ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,764, issued on June 10, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).
"Vented nasal plug" was invented by Kai Zhao (Dublin, Ohio) and Kanghyun Kim (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nasal plug includes a first tube having a first wall forming a first lumen of a first diameter. The first tube has a first tube proximal end in a proximal plane and a distal end in a distal plane. The nasal plug further includes a second tube that includes a second wall forming a second lumen of a second diameter, the second diameter smaller than the first diameter. A channel is formed by the second lumen and extends fro...