ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. D1,139,970, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Inner cannula for a tracheostomy tube" was invented by Edward P.J. Ball (Ballymahon, Ireland), Stanley B. Kaus (Longmont, Colo.), Sean G. Morris (Roscommon, Ireland) and James P. Curley (Shannonbridge, Ireland).

The patent was filed on Nov. 1, 2024, under Application No. D/971,270.

*For further information, including images, charts and tables, please visit: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=D1139970&OS=D1139970&RS=D1139970

Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....