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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Inventors:
Diana Anca, New York, NY (US);
Faiz Bhora, New York, NY (US);
Darla Gill, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Trent Clegg, College Place, WA (US);
Jeremy W. Snow, South Jordan, UT (US);
Assignee:
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 16/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0493 (2014.02); A61B 1/00154 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/24 (2013.01); A61M 16/0484 (2014.02); A61M 16/0488 (2013.01); A61M 16/0495 (2014.02); A61M 16/0497 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0208 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of mouthpieces for use during endoscopic procedures are disclosed herein. According to various embodiments, a mouthpiece may include a shield, a primary instrument channel, a bite block, an oxygen administration channel and a tongue depressor. The shield, bite block, oxygen administration channel and tongue depressor may be integrally formed.