US Patent Issued to LMA OPTIMIZER on July 14 for "Ventilation assistance device" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,320, issued on July 14, was assigned to LMA OPTIMIZER B.V. (Maastricht, Netherlands).

"Ventilation assistance device" was invented by Khaled Rafiqpoor (Maastricht, 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 to press against the floor of the mouth (15) of the subject (P). The pusher comprises laterally opposite protrusions to displace, in use and operably supported by the harness on the subject (P), soft tissue...