US Patent Issued to NIHON KOHDEN on June 30 for "Medical instrument, nasal adapter, and bite block" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,247, issued on June 30, was assigned to NIHON KOHDEN Corp. (Tokyo).

"Medical instrument, nasal adapter, and bite block" was invented by Kenichiro Kabumoto (Tokorozawa, Japan), Fumihiko Takatori (Tokorozawa, Japan) and Masayuki Inoue (Tokorozawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical instrument is adapted to be attached to a subject. A nasal adapter includes cannulas adapted to be disposed so as to face nostrils of the subject when the medical instrument is attached to the subject. A bite block includes a hollow member-adapted to be disposed in an oral cavity of the subject when the medical instrument is attached to the subje...