ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,483, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Component for medical circuit" was invented by Peter Nigel Coleman (Auckland, New Zealand) and Nathan Lee Gray (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical tube has a tube wall defining a passageway for transportation of gases and further has a first end and a second end. At least one end of the medical tube comprises one or more of a pre-formed pneumatic port component, a pre-formed electrical port component, and a pre-formed sensor port component. A cuff is over-moulded about and thereby connects the pneumatic port c...