US Patent Issued to Phagenesis on Oct. 21 for "Devices and methods for treatment of ventilator associated dysphagia" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,298, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Phagenesis Ltd. (Manchester, Great Britain).

"Devices and methods for treatment of ventilator associated dysphagia" was invented by Conor Mulrooney (Manchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes an endotracheal ventilator tube for the treatment of dysphagia comprising an elongate tube and at least one electrode positioned on or about the elongate tube, wherein the at least one electrode is configured to deliver electrical stimulation to the oropharyngeal region and is electrically connected to an electrical stimulation generating means."

The patent w...