ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,784, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to DRAGERWERK AG & Co. KGAA (Lubeck, Germany).
"Arrangement and process for supplying a patient-side coupling unit with a gas mixture" was invented by Hans-Ullrich Hansmann (Lubeck, Germany), Oliver Garbrecht (Lubeck, Germany) and Hendrik Fischer (Lubeck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement and process supply a patient-side coupling unit with a gas mixture including a first gas component and a second gas component. A first duct (K.1) directs the first gas component from a first source (E) to a mixing point (8). The second gas component flows from a second source (25) to a buffer ...