US Patent Issued to Hospital Authority on July 21 for "Emergency surgical airway surgery simulation device" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,796, issued on July 21, was assigned to Hospital Authority (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Emergency surgical airway surgery simulation device" was invented by Nam Hung Chia (Kowloon, Hong Kong), Lok Yee Madeleine Lam (Kowloon, Hong Kong), Wai Kwan Cheung (Kowloon, Hong Kong) and Kwun Yip Wong (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an artificial anatomical model for simulating a cricothyroidotomy procedure. The model comprises an upper body structure including a neck member with a tracheal access window spanned by a membrane. Disposed within the neck member is an anatomically accurate larynx-trachea structure und...