US Patent Issued to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on June 9 for "Oxygenating bite block" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,037, issued on June 9, was assigned to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles).

"Oxygenating bite block" was invented by Nathaniel Parker (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscopic bite block comprises a base, an elongated guide, and an oxygen inflow tube. The base includes a body and a central passageway extending through the body. The central passageway is configured to receive an endoscope. The elongated guide includes a longitudinal curvature corresponding in shape to an oral-pharyngeal cavity of a patient. The elongated guide extends from the base and toward a retropharyngeal space of the patient. The e...