ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,123, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Airway valve apparatus" was invented by Brandon Shuman (Kirkland, Wash.), Clint Finger (Bellevue, Wash.) and Lisa Lauer (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airway valve apparatus 10 for at least partially sealing an airway 30 of a subject 40 comprising: a hub 50; a plurality of anchor struts 60 disposed about and in communication with the hub; a plurality of support struts 70 disposed about and in communication with the hub; one or more membranes that are in communication with the plurality of anchor struts, the plurality of support struts, or both; a...