ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,213, issued on March 31, was assigned to Goldman Sephoric LLC (Santa Fe, N.M.).

"Mechanical ventilator with non-invasive option" was invented by Nicholas Leonard Oddo (Hilton Head Island, S.C.), Shane Woody (Mooresville, N.C.), Chad Josey (Mooresville, N.C.) and Dylan Moore (Mooresville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilator includes a bidirectional breath detection airline and a flow outlet airline. The flow outlet airline includes an airline outlet. The flow outlet airline is configured to be connected to an invasive ventilator circuit or a noninvasive ventilator circuit. The breath detection airline includes airline in...