US Patent Issued to ICU MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL on July 28 for "Tracheostomy tubes and the manufacture of such tubes and their components" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,240, issued on July 28, was assigned to ICU MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL Ltd. (Ashford, Great Britain).

"Tracheostomy tubes and the manufacture of such tubes and their components" was invented by Neil Steven Veasey (Ashford, Great Britain), Christopher John Woosnam (London), Laura Beth Morton (Sevenoaks, Great Britain), Ayesha Bint-E-Siddiq (Folkestone, Great Britain) and Andrew Thomas Jeffrey (Romney Marsh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracheostomy tube flange (13) of a liquid silicone material has openings (14) towards opposite ends for receiving ends of a neck strap. The openings (14) are reinforced with overmoulded ins...