ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,244, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NPA MEDICAL LLC (Edgewater, Md.).
"Nasopharyngeal airway device" was invented by Andrew Berlin (Davidsonville, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nasopharyngeal airway device for receiving a nasal cannula is provided. The device has a flexible tube having first and second open ends and a flexible receptacle open at its upper end and integral with the flexible tube first open end. The flexible receptacle has a diameter greater than a diameter of the flexible tube and contains a lower end opening that communicates with the flexible tube first open end and opposed recesses arranged at an upper edg...