US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on Feb. 24 for "Methods and apparatus for high gas flow" (New Zealander, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,502, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Methods and apparatus for high gas flow" was invented by Craig Karl White (Auckland, New Zealand), Alicia Jerram Hunter Evans (Auckland, New Zealand), Matthew Jon Payton (Auckland, New Zealand), Geraldine Frances Keogh (Auckland, New Zealand), Nicholas Simon David Connolly (Auckland, New Zealand), Anil Patel (Auckland, New Zealand) and Seyed Ahmad Reza Nouraei (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Several methods of supporting respiratory function of a patient before, during and/or after a medical procedure are disclosed. In certain arr...