US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on April 21 for "CPAP apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,522, issued on April 21, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"CPAP apparatus" was invented by Atsushi Hattori (Kyoto, Japan) and Hsing Kenghua (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A humidifying tank of a CPAP apparatus includes a first passage, a second passage, a flow-dividing section, and a shielding section. An inlet is defined as an opening of the first passage on an inner space side, an outlet is defined as an opening of the second passage on the inner space side, and a vertical axis is defined as a specific axis that intersects a bottom wall. As seen in a direction along the vertical axis, an ...