US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Aug. 4 for "Systems and methods for automated respirator" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,513, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for automated respirator" was invented by Andrew W. Long (Woodbury, Minn.), Richard C. Webb (St. Paul, Minn.), Steven T. Awiszus (Woodbury, Minn.), Jessica L. T. Hauge (St. Paul, Minn.), David R. Stein (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Daniel B. Taylor (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Jacob P. Vanderheyden (St. Paul, Minn.) and Caroline M. Ylitalo (Stillwater, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing device is described, which includes a processor and memory with instructions. When executed, these instructions enable the processor to: ...