US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Sept. 8 for "Combination endotracheal tube stylet with medication atomization system" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,225, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Combination endotracheal tube stylet with medication atomization system" was invented by Taylor J. Graber (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination stylet device for use in guiding an endotracheal tube during an intubation procedure includes an elongated hollow sleeve having a fitting at one end configured for mating with a syringe and a nozzle at the second end for generating a fine spray of a liquid forward from the second end. An elongated bendable guiding stylet is disposed coaxially within the sleeve to d...