ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,583, issued on July 14, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Moisture detection in gases conveying medical conduits" was invented by Peter Alan Seekup (Aukland, New Zealand), Luke Morgan Gemmell (Aukland, New Zealand), Alex Young (Aukland, New Zealand) and Elmo Benson Stoks (Aukland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detection of moisture conditions in a conduit, particularly a gases supply system conduit for supplying respiratory or surgical gases, using an electrical property of the conduit."

The patent was filed on May 14, 2021, under Application No. 17/998,025.

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