ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,382, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Airway Medix S.A. (Warsaw, Poland).
"Catheter dynamic tip occlusion" was invented by Oron Zachar (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter body (210) defines a distal-most suction orifice (444) and an outer lateral wall (592), which defines a lateral opening (448) therethrough into a suction lumen (530). An inflatable-element outer wall (590) of an inflatable element (588) is mounted to the catheter body (210). An inner membrane (589) is positioned within the inflatable element (588) and is mounted to the catheter body (210) around the lateral opening (448) along a seal perimete...