ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,195, issued on July 14, was assigned to DCSTAR INC. (New York).

"Respiratory obstruction removal device" was invented by Ligui He (New York) and David Luo (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A respiratory obstruction removal device, which includes a face mask and a negative pressure generating device. The negative pressure generating device includes a grip section, an extendable tubular body, and an annular interface, connected in sequence. The extendable tubular body has a variable volume cavity. The face mask includes an upper part that fits with the annular interface, a lower part that corresponds to a face of a patient, and ...