ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,393, issued on April 7, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Headgear connectors and headgear for use with or comprising part of a user interface assembly" was invented by Tony William Spear (Auckland, New Zealand), Andrew Chun Mon Fan (Auckland, New Zealand), Mark Richard Tomlinson (Auckland, New Zealand), Mark Arvind McLaren (Auckland, New Zealand), Carsten Ma On Wong Corazza (Auckland, New Zealand), Ryan Anthony Graham (Auckland, New Zealand), Katie Fyfe (Auckland, New Zealand), Neil Gray Duthie (Auckland, New Zealand), Matthew Joseph Lucas (Auckland, New Zealand) and Jeroen Hammer (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* release...