ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,727, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to FORSCHUNGZENTRUM BORSTEL LEIBNIZ LUNGENZENTRUM (Borstel, Germany).

"Device for supportive respiration of a living being and computer program" was invented by Stephan Ruller (Bargteheide, Germany) and Susanne Greve (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device (1) for supportive respiration of a living being (3), said device having a sensor arrangement, a programmable control unit (10) and an air conveyance unit (6), which is controllable by the control unit (10). The sensor arrangement has a pressure sensor (9) and an air flow sensor (11), which are designed...