ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,380, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Prodol Meditec S.A. (Biscay, Spain).
"Intubation bougie" was invented by Pascal Lucchina (Bordeaux Cauderan, France), Stephane Checcaroni (Nice, France) and Gilles Dhonneur (Le Plessis Trevise, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an intubation bougie (10) comprising a body (11) and a distal portion (12) formed by at least three elastomer segments (121, 122, 123) with increasing flexibility from one end of said distal portion (12), which is integral with the body (11), to a free end of said distal portion (12) intended to enter the upper airways of a patient. These seg...