ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,830, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL, FUDAN UNIVERSITY (Shanghai).

"Combined system of concealed closed tracheoscope and artificial airway breathing circuit" was invented by Jinjun Jiang (Shanghai) and Shujing Chen (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined system of a concealed closed tracheoscope and an artificial airway breathing circuit includes an artificial airway breathing tubing and a tracheoscope. The artificial airway breathing tubing includes an inhalation circuit and an exhalation circuit that are connected through a connecting tube. The tracheoscope includes a handle portion and an insertio...