ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,651, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Humidification apparatus" was invented by Bruce Michael Walls (Auckland, New Zealand), Melissa Catherine Bornholdt (Auckland, New Zealand) and Peter Lawrence Grylls (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a humidification apparatus having a compartment that receives a removable humidification chamber. The apparatus has an actuator that can be operated by a user to move the humidification chamber from an operating position to a releasing position. In the operating position the humidification ...