ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,178, issued on July 7.
"Ventilator" was invented by Naoyuki Ishikita (Niigata, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a new ventilator that can be used for pulmonary resuscitation without requiring an electrical driving source. A ventilator includes a housing. The housing has an input port through which a gas is introduced into the housing, a main port through which the gas that is to be sent to and inhaled by a patient and a gas that is exhaled by the patient pass, an exhaust port through which the gas inhaled or the gas exhaled is exhausted from the housing, a ventilation path connecting the input port and the main port to...