US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on July 14 for "Connection rod for a tongue manipulation system" (Dutch, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,322, issued on July 14, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Connection rod for a tongue manipulation system" was invented by Matthias Hamsch (Aachen, Germany), Pippinus Maarten Robertus Wortelboer (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Chantal Nathalie Van Den Broek (Veldhoven, Netherlands), Robert Charles (Hollis, N.H.), Asheesh Divetia (Los Gatos, Calif.), Barrett Hutto (Los Gatos, Calif.), Steve Woodard (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Antonius Adrianus Petrus Schudelaro (Tilburg, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection rod for a tongue manipulation device system, the connection rod comprising: a first co...