US Patent Issued to The Trustees of Dartmouth College, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic on Jan. 13 for "Nasal guard for use during nasal sinus and skull base surgery" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,199, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Trustees of Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic (Lebanon, N.H.).

"Nasal guard for use during nasal sinus and skull base surgery" was invented by Dylan C. Zerjav (Hanover, N.H.), Joseph A. Paydarfar (Hanover, N.H.), Yuan Shi (Hanover, N.H.) and Ryan J. Halter (Orford, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides a nasal guard, which can be constructed according to various manufacturing techniques (e.g. molding. 3D printing, etc.) for use during nasal sinus and skull base surgery to reduce aerosolized transmission to protect surgical staff, conserve...