US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Oct. 6 for "Auto identification of patient interface based on changes in a pressure support system" (Dutch, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,067, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Auto identification of patient interface based on changes in a pressure support system" was invented by Daan Anton Van Den Ende (Breda, Netherlands), Joyce Van Zanten (Waalre, Netherlands), Jonathan Sayer Grashow (Cheswick, Pa.) and Joachim Johannes Kahlert (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of identifying a patient interface device change in a pressure support system having a controller based on a mask and a headgear worn by a user. A set of force sensors and strap distance sensors are associated with the mask a...