US Patent Issued on Aug. 18 for "Face masks with internal nasal prongs and methods relating thereto" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,730, issued on Aug. 18.

"Face masks with internal nasal prongs and methods relating thereto" was invented by Kamrouz Ghadimi (Raleigh, N.C.) and Jhaymie Lawrence Cappiello (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods relating to a face mask are described. An exemplar face mask includes: (i) a mask body including an interior side and an exterior side; (ii) inlet ports defined on the mask body; (iii) tubes designed to convey air flow or oxygen flow; (iv) tube transition features coupled to the tubes; (v) nasal prongs coupled to one of the tube transition features and designed to advance the air flow or the oxygen f...