US Patent Issued to Stryker on July 28 for "Nasal valve implants and methods of implanting the same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,888, issued on July 28, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Nasal valve implants and methods of implanting the same" was invented by Andrew T. Forsberg (Plymouth, Minn.) and Anthony A. Duda (Forest Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nasal valve implant delivery system includes a delivery tool having a handle and a needle extending distally therefrom and configured to hold an implant therein. When loaded in the needle, the implant proximally abuts or is disposed adjacent to a pusher member disposed partially within the needle. A light source disposed within the delivery tool is coupled to an optical fiber carrie...