US Patent Issued to The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College on Aug. 11 for "Laryngoscopes having separable blades" (Vermont Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,288, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College (Burlington, Vt.).

"Laryngoscopes having separable blades" was invented by Borzoo Farhang (South Burlington, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laryngoscope having a separable blade that includes parts that are separable from the laryngoscope so that a user can remove the laryngoscope from a patient while a medical device extending through the separable blade remains in place within the patient. In some embodiments, the separable blade includes a protective passageway that receives a medical device therethrough and protects patient tiss...