US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California, The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of the General Counsel (024) on Aug. 19 for "Tracheostomy support system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,608, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.) and The United States of America as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of the General Counsel (024) (Washington).

"Tracheostomy support system" was invented by Andrew Vahabzadeh-Hagh (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are materials, articles, devices, and methods for manufacture thereof that pertain to a tracheostomy support system. The tracheostomy support system can eliminate torque on the tracheostomy tube and offload pressure caused by the tracheostomy tube on the neck skin of a pati...