US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on Feb. 24 for "Apparatus for use in a respiratory support system" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,510, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Apparatus for use in a respiratory support system" was invented by Andrew Chi Lup Lau (Auckland, New Zealand), Jason Allan Klenner (Auckland, New Zealand), Mark Thomas O'Connor (Auckland, New Zealand), Kevin Blake Powell (Auckland, New Zealand) and Brent Ian Laing (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a connector for a component of a medical breathing circuit. The connector comprises an inner body and an outer body. The inner body and the outer body being separate components. The inner body havin...