ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,735, issued on April 14.

"Endotracheal tube attachment system" was invented by Eitan Sobel (Rutland, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endotracheal tube interface apparatus including a enclosed space structure having integrated surrounding walls, a rearward wall and an internal volume, a first hollow stem disposed on the rearward facing wall and a second hollow stem disposed on the sidewall of the enclosed space structure, the first hollow stem accepting an endotracheal tube, the second hollow stem supporting an oxygen delivery tube, both first and second stems open to the internal volume of the enclosed space. The enclosed spac...