ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,502, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NIHON KOHDEN Corp. (Tokyo).
"Nasal adaptor and respiratory management device" was invented by Takayuki Aoyagi (Tokorozawa, Japan), Kenichiro Kabumoto (Tokorozawa, Japan), Fumihiko Takatori (Tokorozawa, Japan) and Masayuki Inoue (Tokorozawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nasal adaptor includes: an oral expiration guiding portion which has an opposing portion that is to be opposed to the mouth of a living body, and in which a mouth-side guide path that guides expiration that is expired from the mouth to the opposing portion is formed; and an attaching portion which is placed above the or...