ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,511, issued on March 18, was assigned to Engineered Medical Systems Inc. (Indianapolis).
"Resuscitation system" was invented by Scott Weingart (Setauket-East Setauket, N.Y.), Bradley Allen Wheeler (Martinsville, Ind.) and Kevin Michael Pac (Fishers, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resuscitation system including a device or kit adapted for connection to a gas outlet of a resuscitation bag with a first gas inlet thereto and upstream of a face mask, the device or kit providing gas flow in a path from the bag to the mask. A check valve is operably connected to the gas outlet of the resuscitation bag and substantially blocking gas ...