ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,509, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Advanced Medical Balloons GmbH (Waghausel, Germany).

"Flow-optimized supply to a balloon element that seals dynamically and in sync with organs" was invented by Fred Gobel (Lutzelbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for the dynamically adapting sealing of an organ or a body cavity, e.g. the windpipe (trachea) of an intubated and ventilated patient, wherein the sealing balloon element is produced via particularly rapid shifting of filling medium from an extracorporeal reservoir or an extracorporeal source to the sealing balloon, and wherein, in the dynam...