US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on May 13 for "Respiratory assistance apparatus" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,103, issued on May 13, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Respiratory assistance apparatus" was invented by Dean Antony Barker (Auckland, New Zealand), Mikael Douglas Stewart (Auckland, New Zealand), Peter Geoffrey Hawkins (Auckland, New Zealand), Kevin Peter O'Donnell (Auckland, New Zealand) and Russel William Burgess (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A respiratory assistance apparatus has a gases inlet configured to receive a supply of gases, a blower unit configured to generate a pressurised gases stream from the supply of gases; a humidification unit configured to heat an...