US Patent Issued to LYRA THERAPEUTICS on March 3 for "Implantable scaffolds for treatment of sinusitis" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,659, issued on March 3, was assigned to LYRA THERAPEUTICS INC. (Watertown, Mass.).

"Implantable scaffolds for treatment of sinusitis" was invented by Changcheng You (Northbridge, Mass.), Quynh Pham (Methuen, Mass.) and Danny Concagh (Medfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes, inter alia, materials, devices, kits and methods that may be used to treat chronic sinusitis. An implant is configured to fit inside of the middle meatus of a human nasal cavity. The implant includes a therapeutic-agent formulation containing a layer of over 2000 micrograms of mometasone furoate. The implant releases the mometasone...