ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,385, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Medical tube" was invented by Silas Sao Jin Siew (Auckland, New Zealand), Eric Lenard Doel (Auckland, New Zealand), Christopher Jaye Norman Amadio (Auckland, New Zealand) and Christopher Gareth Sims (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical tube comprises a spirally wound bead forming a plurality of successive coils. Each of the plurality of successive coils has an internal diameter and an external diameter, and a spirally wound film extending between adjacent coils of the bead. The film is bonded at a first location ...