US Patent Issued to Dragerwerk on Aug. 11 for "Supply device and process for supplying a patient-side coupling unit with a gas mixture" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,783, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Dragerwerk AG & Co. KGaA (Lubeck, Germany).

"Supply device 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: "A device and to a process supply a patient-side coupling unit (9) with a gas mixture. The patient-side coupling unit is connectable to a patient (Pt). A first duct (K.1) guides a first gas component (air) from a first source (2) to a mixing point (8). A second source (20) provides a second gas component, w...