ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,777, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to LMA OPTIMIZER B.V. (Amsterdam).
"Ventilation assembly and harness" was invented by Khaled Rafiqpoor (Roermond, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilation assembly (37) for use in ventilation of a subject using a laryngeal mask (5) comprises a head-wearable harness (39) and a pusher (41). The harness is arrangeable on the subject's head (H) for supporting the pusher against the floor of the mouth (15) of the subject (P). The pusher is arranged to displace soft tissue of the floor of the mouth in cranial direction relative to the mandible (29) of the subject for, when the laryngeal ...