US Patent Issued to NIHON KOHDEN on June 30 for "Nasal adapter" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,273, issued on June 30, was assigned to NIHON KOHDEN Corp. (Tokyo).

"Nasal adapter" was invented by Takayuki Aoyagi (Tokorozawa, Japan), Toshiki Aoki (Tokorozawa, Japan), Kenichiro Kabumoto (Tokorozawa, Japan), Fumihiko Takatori (Tokorozawa, Japan) and Yuya Baba (Tokorozawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nasal adapter includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a mouth exhalation guide portion having a facing portion facing a mouth of a living body and formed with a mouth-side guide path for guiding exhaled breath exhaled from the mouth to the facing portion, a base portion disposed above the mo...