US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on June 23 for "Flow therapy system and method" (New Zealander, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,464, issued on June 23, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Flow therapy system and method" was invented by Matthew Jon Payton (Auckland, New Zealand), Thomas Heinrich Barnes (Auckland, New Zealand), Anil Patel (London), Seyed Ahmad Reza Nouraei (London) and Jonathan Mark Cousins (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining a duration of safe apnoea. Information is obtained relating to a respiratory indicator, which can include information relating to a potential respiratory equilibrium, and a duration of safe apnoea is determined from the obtained information." ...