US Patent Issued to RTM Medical on Dec. 2 for "Sanitary extubation cover and method for its use" (Pennsylvania, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,243, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to RTM Medical LLC (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.).

"Sanitary extubation cover and method for its use" was invented by Rick Samuel (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.), Todd Burlingame (Jenkintown, Pa.), David Nichols (Dallas Forth Worth, Texas), Doug Crow (Brownsboro, Texas) and William Douglas (Jacksonville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitary extubation cover used to cover an endotracheal tube and a patient's face in order to accommodate sanitary extubation. The sanitary extubation cover includes a mask and a cover which covers the endotracheal tube. If the patient coughs, the cough would be directed in...