US Patent Issued to B.I.N.T. INDUSTRY on June 2 for "Needle thoracostomy device and method of use" (Arizona, Alaska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,893, issued on June 2, was assigned to B.I.N.T. INDUSTRY LLC (Benson, Ariz.).

"Needle thoracostomy device and method of use" was invented by Patrick Eugene Ballard (Anchorage, Alaska), Michael James Schmidt (Gilbert, Ariz.), Byron Keith Grice (Tempe, Ariz.) and Rawley Charles Evans (Benson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle thoracostomy device with a venting device, a deployment device, and a positioning device. The venting device is configured to vent a pleural cavity of a patient. The deployment device is removably attached to the venting device and is configured to perform a needle thoracostomy to attach the venting dev...