ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,029, issued on Feb. 3.
"Intubation device" was invented by Konstantinos Raymondos (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an intubation device for intubating a patient with an endotracheal tube, having the following features: a) a handle for holding the intubation device, b) a rigid guide rail which is connected to the handle and which has a guide channel, extending in a longitudinal direction from a patient-remote end to a patient-near end of the guide rail, for guiding the endotracheal tube, and has an upper face facing toward the patient's tongue during the intubation procedure, c) an epiglottis l...