ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,918, issued on May 27, was assigned to RhinoSystems Inc. (Brooklyn, Ohio).
"Systems and methods for nasal irrigation" was invented by Martin R. Hoke (Estero, Fla.) and Paul R. Metcalfe (Solon, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for nasal irrigation are provided in which a nasal irrigation device includes a source of saline solution, an effluent receptacle, a nasal interface, a vacuum source, a fluid passageway to communicate the source of saline solution with the effluent receptacle through the nasal interface and a nasal cavity of a user, and a switch and valve assembly for selectively controlling the vacuum sou...