ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,391, issued on April 7, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Model-guided imaging for mechanical ventilation" was invented by Cornelis Petrus Hendriks (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Thomas Koehler (Hamburg, Germany), Joerg Sabczynski (Hamburg, Germany), Roberto Buizza (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Rafael Wiemker (Hamburg, Germany), Jaap Roger Haartsen (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Michael Polkey (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical ventilation assessment assistance device includes at least one electronic processor; and a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions readable and executable by ...