ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,638, issued on June 3, was assigned to Sonivie Ltd. (Rosh HaAyin, Israel).
"Devices and methods for reducing parasympathetic nerve activity in patients with a respiratory syndrome" was invented by Charles S. Carignan (Boston), Or Shabtay (Kibbutz Farod, Israel), Maya Rosenstein (Rishon le-Zion, Israel), Dalit Shav (Glen Rock, N.J.), Talia Cohen Keizman (Rishon LeZion, Israel), Daniel Naor (Modi'in, Israel) and Ofek Admon (Ramat-Gan, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments relate to a method of reducing excess mucosa production and/or secretion in the respiratory tract, comprising: introducing into a respiratory tract lu...