US Patent Issued to ENT INNOVATIONS on Sept. 15 for "External nasal dilators" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,061, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ENT INNOVATIONS INC. (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

"External nasal dilators" was invented by Anastasios Karnezis (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Shawn Iravanchy (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "External nasal dilators and methods for using and manufacturing the same are provided. An external nasal dilator assembly may include a spring element (e.g., a shape-memory alloy wire) having first and second ends and a central portion. A resilient tubular cushion may encapsulate at least a portion of the spring element. First and second adhesive patches may be coupled to respective e...