US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on July 21 for "Respiratory interface" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,834, issued on July 21, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Respiratory interface" was invented by Jake Baker Hocking (Auckland, New Zealand), Mark Arvind Mclaren (Auckland, New Zealand), Tony William Spear (Auckland, New Zealand) and Melissa Catherine Bornholdt (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Respiratory interfaces have magnetic elements for coupling and/or adjusting parts of the interface, such as a magnetic coupling system (121a, 121b) arranged to magnetically couple a seal module (101) to a mask frame (100), or to magnetically hold a seal adjustment position. A magnet or...