ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,836, issued on March 17.

"Devices and methods for the treatment of epistaxis and for aesthetic medicine" was invented by Asher Wu Anderson (Golden Valley, Minn.) and Collin George Brunet (Albertville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for restricting the flow of blood through tissue of a human face, such as for the treatment of epistaxis, which include an insertion body configured for insertion into a human mouth; an external body configured for placement against an outer surface of the human mouth; and a structure configured to reversibly position the insertion body and external body towards and away from one...