US Patent Issued to Stryker on July 15 for "Minimally invasive nasal implants and systems and methods" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,451, issued on July 15, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Minimally invasive nasal implants and systems and methods" was invented by Michael H. Rosenthal (Menlo Park, Calif.), Donald A. Gonzales (Austin, Texas), Brian Domecus (San Francisco), Scott J. Baron (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Sergio Salinas (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nasal implants and nasal implant delivery tools are described herein. The nasal implants and tools can be used to deliver the implant in a minimally invasive way. The delivery tools can be adapted to separate the upper lateral cartilage from the septum and to place an implan...