US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Nov. 4 for "Laryngoscopy apparatus having means for clearing material from its viewing window" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,219, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Laryngoscopy apparatus having means for clearing material from its viewing window" was invented by Waylan Wong (Orange, Calif.) and Gabriel Punsalan (Orange, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a laryngoscopy apparatus includes a handle configured for gripping by an operator, a blade extending from the handle configured for insertion into the trachea of a patient, a clear viewing window provided on the blade that enables a patient's airway to be viewed, and means for clearing material from the viewing window that...