US Patent Issued to TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES on Aug. 4 for "Oxygen mask having bite block and monitoring" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,453, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Oxygen mask having bite block and monitoring" was invented by Kien Chung Kwok (Singapore) and Aviram Elbaz (Apex, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oxygen mask may include a convex shell having an upper portion and a lower portion and defining a chamber, a rim at least partially around the chamber, a nasal access port in the upper portion, and an oral access port in the lower portion. The nasal access port that is penetratable and/or puncturable to provide access to the chamber, and the oral access port may include a bite block defining a lumen...