US Patent Issued to Adroit Surgical on Sept. 8 for "Bougie and method of making and using the same" (Oklahoma Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,222, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Adroit Surgical LLC (Oklahoma City).

"Bougie and method of making and using the same" was invented by Nilesh R. Vasan (Oklahoma City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of making and using a bougie having a body with a first insertion depth indicator spaced a first distance from a first end of the body and configured to indicate a first predetermined insertion depth range, and a second insertion depth indicator spaced a second distance from a second end of the body and configured to indicate a second predetermined insertion depth range that is different from the first predetermined insertion...