ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,740, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Airway Medical Innovations Pty Ltd (Queensland, Australia).

"Airway manipulator devices" was invented by Julio Miguel Alonso Babarro (Queensland, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for insertion into an airway of a subject, the device including: an arm defining a distal end and a proximal end, the arm including: an elongate handle portion at the proximal end, the handle portion extending substantially towards the distal end, and an offset portion located between the distal end and the handle portion, the offset portion being offset dorsally relative to the handle portion and the di...