ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,175, issued on July 7.
"Laryngeal oral airway" was invented by Daniel Slaughter (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Laryngeal oral airway (LOA) includes a mouthpiece flange defining two separate nostril-like openings in communication with separate elongated airways extending towards the larynx when in use. The nostril-like openings on the mouthpiece are spaced, shaped, and configured to snugly fit nasal prongs a nasal cannula therein, such that the nasal cannula is readily moveable between the patient's nostrils and the artificial nostril openings defined in the mouthpiece of the airway. The cannula is further secured by n...