ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,962, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Q MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL AG (Stein am Rhein, Switzerland).
"Gastric calibration hose" was invented by Rainer Desombre (Meerbusch, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a gastric calibration hose with an elongated flexible hollow body having an outer wall and a first and a second hose end, it is provided that the elongated flexible hollow body has at least two channels, each of which extend in the longitudinal direction of the hollow body, the first channel having at least one opening in the area of the second hose end, and the second channel being closed at the second hose end, at least one ...