ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,529, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Apparatus for delivering a gas stream" was invented by Bruce Michael Walls (Auckland, New Zealand), Peter Lawrence Grylls (Auckland, New Zealand), Douglas Richard Wright (Auckland, New Zealand) and Christopher Earl Nightingale (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing respiratory assistance to a user via a user conduit. The apparatus being operable in a humidifying mode and a non-humidifying mode, and includes a humidification chamber for containing an amount of wate...