ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,357, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Through the Cords LLC (Salt Lake City).
"Systems, devices, and techniques for positioning tubes including a split, articulating stylet" was invented by Sean Runnels (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and techniques are described to position a tube in a trachea of a patient as part of an intubation procedure. An intubation system may include a stylet configured to position a tube in the trachea of the patient. The stylet may include an articulating segment and a support segment. The articulating segment may be configured to move between a first position and a seco...