ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,327, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to innoMask Technologies Kft. (Kecskemet, Hungary).
"Laryngeal mask" was invented by Zoltan Marton Toth (Sopron, Hungary), Nora Redly (Budapest, Hungary), Edit Bodo (Gyula, Hungary) and Tass Bertalan Adorjan (Kecskemet, Hungary).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is a laryngeal mask, comprising a head portion (10) and a tube portion (14), an annular cushion (25) connected to the head portion (10), and a cover element (12) for the annular cushion (25), having a second puller portion (47), made of a through-breathable material, and a release element fixing the cover element (12) to the head p...