ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,541, issued on June 3, was assigned to Airway Medical Innovations S.L. (Madrid).

"Shielded intubation guide and method" was invented by Julio Miguel Alonso Babarro (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shielded intubation guide for use in an endotracheal intubation procedure, the shielded intubation guide including: an elongate body defining a passageway extending between a proximal opening and a distal opening for receiving a blade portion of an intubation device, the shielded intubation guide being configured for insertion into a mouth of the subject so that the proximal opening is positioned proximate to the mouth and the distal...