US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on June 9 for "Magnetic fastening arrangements for securing patient interface devices" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,040, issued on June 9, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Magnetic fastening arrangements for securing patient interface devices" was invented by Richard Thomas Haibach (Verona, Pa.), Joyce Van Zanten (Waalre, Netherlands), Nicolaas Petrus Willard (Valkenswaard, Netherlands) and Marco Baragona (Delft, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling arrangement for use in securing a patient interface to the head of a patient. The fastening arrangement includes a first component having a source of a magnetic field and a second component having a mating component attracted to the source by the magne...