US Patent Issued to FOGLESS INTERNATIONAL on Sept. 9 for "Tracheostomy valve comprising a flexible membrane" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,287, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to FOGLESS INTERNATIONAL AB (Jonkoping, Sweden).

"Tracheostomy valve comprising a flexible membrane" 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 present invention relates to a tracheostomy valve configured to be in fluid communication with a patient's trachea. The valve comprising a hollow valve body, a flexible membrane adapted to work as a check valve opening the valve when the patient inhales and sealingly closing the valve when the patient exhales, and a cap with at least one through hole making the cap fenestrated...