US Patent Issued to WM & DG on March 25 for "Medical devices for airway management and methods of placement" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,387, issued on March 25, was assigned to WM & DG INC. (Deerfield, Ill.).

"Medical devices for airway management and methods of placement" was invented by Robert Molnar (Long Grove, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to various aspects of an adaptor for converting a medical device, including an endotracheal tube and/or a bougie, into a device compatible with a camera. In some embodiments, the adaptor comprising a first hollow tube with a distal end opening and a proximal end opening, the first hollow tube having a diameter compatible for insertion of the medical device into the first hollow tube, wherein the ...