ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,103, issued on May 20, was assigned to MedSource International LLC.
"Disposable screw cap for disposable laryngoscope" was invented by David Kunelius (Waconia, Minn.), Benjamin Beniek (Richfield, Minn.) and Sikandar Hayat (Sialkot, Pakistan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable laryngoscope with a disposable screw cap. The cap has a base, a perimeter sidewall extending upwardly from the base and an inner surface of the perimeter sidewall having a threads supported thereon, a cavity defined by the perimeter sidewall and base, a tube extending upwardly from the base and positioned within the cavity. A channel is provided in the c...