US Patent Issued to LGI on Sept. 16 for "Patient intubating partition sphere" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,889, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to LGI LLC (Lakeville, Minn.).

"Patient intubating partition sphere" was invented by Larissa Grothem (Lakeville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable, isolating intubation device is described, the device comprising a flexible, spherical compartment inflatable from a collapsible state, the flexible, spherical compartment being substantially transparent and having a closed end and an open end distal from the closed end defining an inside volume for receiving a head, shoulders and a portion of a torso of a patient and methods of using."

The patent was filed on July 2, 2021, under Appl...