ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,592, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Stenosis repair using laryngeal forceps having measurement scale" was invented by Bshair Abdulrahman Aldriweesh (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Ahmed Yousif Alammar (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for repairing for repairing stenosis in an airway of a patient is disclosed using laryngeal forceps having a measurement scale. The method includes harvesting a cartilage graft from a patient and inserting a laryngoscope into the respiratory tract of the patient. The stenotic region is prepared by removing stenotic tissue to create...