ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,049, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to PREVA LLC (Weston, Fla.).

"Nasal irrigation diagnostic assembly" was invented by Keith Rubin (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), Ken Solovay (Weston, Fla.), James Layer (Cooper City, Fla.), Alfred A. Desimone (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) and Bin Yan (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nasal irrigation diagnostic assembly comprising an irrigation device including a fluid collection portion structured to retain a biological sample, in the form of waste solution from the nasal cavity resulting from irrigation. A detection member disposed on said irrigation device is exposed to the biological sample and is struc...