ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,528, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Humidification apparatus" was invented by Richard Reid O'neil Finlayson (Auckland, New Zealand), Peter Lawrence Grylls (Auckland, New Zealand), Yi-Cheng Sun (Auckland, New Zealand), Douglas Richard Wright (Auckland, New Zealand) and Sergiu Constantin Filip (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus that can be used to humidify a stream of air that may be delivered to a patient for respiratory assistance during Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) therapy. The apparatus includes a humidi...