US Patent Issued to Masimo on Jan. 13 for "Low deadspace airway adapter" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,506, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Low deadspace airway adapter" was invented by Edmond Wing-Lun Yu (Irvine, Calif.) and Mahdi Mohammadi (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a low dead space airway adapter for sampling fluid flowing through a ventilation assembly includes an outer wall configured to couple to an endotracheal (ET) tube adapter and an internal projection positioned at least partially within an internal cavity defined by the outer wall and configured to extend within an internal cavity of the ET tube adapter when the airway adapter is in use. The in...