US Patent Issued to New York University on Feb. 24 for "Bilevel respiratory therapy system, controller and method" (New Zealander, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,503, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to New York University (New York).

"Bilevel respiratory therapy system, controller and method" was invented by David M. Rapoport (New York) and David Robin Whiting (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A respiratory therapy system is configured to supply breathing gases to a patient and comprises a controller configured to control the pressure of breathable gas delivered to the patient. The system can control the flow of breathable gas to the patient taking into account whether or not a breath is detected, and whether or not the patient is awake or asleep. The system is configured ...