ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,090, issued on July 29, was assigned to Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, Ore.).
"Narrow-orifice foreign body extraction device" was invented by David Sheridan (Portland, Ore.) and Richard Weitzel (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A narrow-orifice foreign body extraction device configured as a unitary article comprises a volumetric enclosure bounded by a frustoconical cone, which has inner and outer surfaces and an intermediate section positioned between an apertured cap section and an apertured base section. The inner surface defines a boundary of an interior chamber of the volumetric enclosure, and the inne...