US Patent Issued to Stryker on June 30 for "Nasal delivery tools, systems, and methods of use" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,386, issued on June 30, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Nasal delivery tools, systems, and methods of use" was invented by Michael H. Rosenthal (Maple Grove, Minn.), Scott J. Baron (Maple Grove, Minn.), Brian J. Domecus (Maple Grove, Minn.), Michael S. Mirizzi (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Sergio Salinas (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nasal implant delivery tool includes an inner handle, an outer handle, a needle, and a push rod. The inner handle includes a loading chamber configured to receive a nasal implant. The outer handle is configured to move axially relative to the inner handle. The needle ex...