US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on Oct. 20 for "Medical components with microstructures for humidification and condensate management" (New Zealander Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,287, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Medical components with microstructures for humidification and condensate management" was invented by Laith Adeeb Hermez (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New medical circuit components and methods for forming such components are disclosed. These components include microstructures for humidification and/or condensate management. The disclosed microstructures can be incorporated into a variety of components, including tubes (e.g., inspiratory breathing tubes and expiratory breathing tubes and other tubing between vario...