US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Sept. 8 for "Oral bite block for endotracheal tube" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,223, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Oral bite block for endotracheal tube" was invented by Joshua Medow (Verona, Wis.) and Matthew Roggensack (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bite block provides a pair of bilateral jaw spacers positioned between the patient's posterior teeth to separate an interincisal distance between the jaw. A connecting bridge behind the patient's incisors joins the bilateral spacers at opposite sides of the jaw. The bilateral jaw spacers are positioned between the patient's upper and lower posterior teeth to transfer the forces against the...