US Patent Issued to FOGLESS INTERNATIONAL on Oct. 7 for "Apparatus for humidifying air entering into a tracheostomy valve" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,028, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FOGLESS INTERNATIONAL AB (Jonkoping, Sweden).

"Apparatus for humidifying air entering into a tracheostomy valve" was invented by Daniel Ekeberg (Jonkoping, Sweden) and Inge Blomquist (Vaggeryd, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a hood for humidifying air entering into a tracheostomy valve comprising: a container having a front wall and a rear wall, the rear wall being configured to face an inlet of the tracheostomy valve; the container comprising a material enclosed by the front wall and the rear wall; and a channel, extending through the front wall, extending pass t...