US Patent Issued to Moser Medical on June 23 for "Yankauer suction device with auxiliary access port" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,468, issued on June 23, was assigned to Moser Medical LLC (Atoka, Tenn.).

"Yankauer suction device with auxiliary access port" was invented by Jeremy Joseph Beaver (Millington, Tenn.) and Vernon Bradley Taylor (Atoka, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects are directed to an improved suction catheter that increases the effectiveness of clearing the airway, reducing the need for separate suctioning and foreign body grasping instruments. The embodiments described herein provide medical personnel the ability to use one hand catheter to selectively grasp an anatomically lodged foreign body while reducing the likelihood of lumen blo...