ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,791, issued on March 24, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Patient interface" was invented by Peter David Alexander Bearne (Auckland, New Zealand), Blair Raymund Dadson Murphy (Auckland, New Zealand), Kirstin Elizabeth Middelkoop (Auckland, New Zealand), Fadi Karim Moh'd Mashal (Auckland, New Zealand), Michael John Henri Cox (Auckland, New Zealand), Sophie Kathryn Randles (Auckland, New Zealand), Mark Arvind McLaren (Auckland, New Zealand), Ronan Leahy (Auckland, New Zealand) and Roheet Patel (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient interface can have features improving ...