US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on May 12 for "CPAP apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,043, issued on May 12, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"CPAP apparatus" was invented by Shigeru Tsuji (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present disclosure, a CPAP apparatus that has a humidification function and that has high portability is provided. A CPAP apparatus includes a body unit and a base unit on and from which the body unit is mountable and removable. The body unit includes a first housing that has a first inlet and a first outlet, an air-sending device that discharges, via the first outlet, air that is introduced via the first inlet, and a first control unit that co...