US Patent Issued to International Emergency Services on Feb. 24 for "Devices and methods for ventilating a patient" (British, Dutch, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,504, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to International Emergency Services SL (Derio, Spain).

"Devices and methods for ventilating a patient" was invented by Dietmar Enk (Coesfeld, Germany), Thomas Heinrich Barnes (Warlingham, Great Britain) and Dirk Theodorus Andreas van Asseldonk (Veghel, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a plurality of ventilation devices, to ventilation devices having visualization apparatuses, and to methods for operating the ventilation devices. The intent is to minimize the energy input into the at least one airway of a patient as a result of the ventilation."

The paten...