US Patent Issued to WEDGE THERAPEUTICS on Feb. 4 for "Lower jaw and tongue thrusting, endotracheal tube and flexible fiberoptic endoscope intubation oral airway device" (Georgia, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,131, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to WEDGE THERAPEUTICS LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Lower jaw and tongue thrusting, endotracheal tube and flexible fiberoptic endoscope intubation oral airway device" was invented by Totada R Shantha (Stone Mountain, Ga.) and Robert Wieden (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lower jaw and tongue thrusting endotracheal tube and flexible fiberoptic endoscope intubation oral airway device having an elongated body including, a mandible flange with a lingual flat portion transversely disposed on a ventral surface of a tongue plate. The device having an open top toward the palate like a rectangula...