US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on May 12 for "Pressure controlled exhaust vent" (New Zealander, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,045, issued on May 12, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Pressure controlled exhaust vent" was invented by Brett John Huddart (Auckland, New Zealand), Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon (Auckland, New Zealand), Matthew James Pedersen (Auckland, New Zealand), Hamish Joshua Rose (Auckland, New Zealand), Fadi Karim Moh'd Mashal (Auckland, Australia), Thomas Mark Richardson (Auckland, New Zealand), Simon Mittermeier (Auckland, New Zealand) and Max Leon Betteridge (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient interface includes a mask body, an elbow, a connector and a conduit. Any one or mo...