ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,830, issued on July 22, was assigned to VCB Holdings LLC.
"Endotracheal tube stabilizer" was invented by James Ringgold Strong (Clayton, Mo.) and David Mark DeLulio (Lafayette, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endotracheal tube stabilizer comprising a stabilization bar; and a tube cradle comprising a first component having a concave portion, the first component coupled to the stabilization bar; a second component having a concave portion; and a securing element adapted to selectively maintain the first component at a fixed location relative to the second component, wherein the first and second components are adapted to translate...