US Patent Issued to Ohio State Innovation Foundation, S4 Medical on Nov. 18 for "Systems and methods for mechanical displacement of an esophagus" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,925, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio) and S4 Medical Corp (Chagrin Falls, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for mechanical displacement of an esophagus" was invented by Emile Daoud (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) and William Fuller (Chagrin Falls, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for use with a vacuum system and an esophageal positioning device esophageal positioning device includes an introducer, in which the esophageal positioning device includes a first segment and a second segment. The second segment is pivotally connected to the first segment. A gap portion of an outer tube of t...