US Patent Issued to Covidien on June 17 for "Airway management systems for pulmonary disorder treatment" (California, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,909, issued on June 17, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Airway management systems for pulmonary disorder treatment" was invented by Gardner Kimm (Carlsbad, Calif.), Phyllis R. Angelico (San Marcos, Calif.) and Jeffrey P. Mansfield (Bloomington, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system of treating atelectasis is provided that includes a tracheal tube positioned within an airway of a ventilated patient and an acoustic sensor coupled to the tracheal tube. The system also includes a monitor communicatively coupled to the acoustic sensor. The monitor includes a processor configured to receive a baseline signal from th...