ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. D1,142,954, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia) and ResMed Asia Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Shroud for a patient interface" was invented by Andrew James Bate (Sydney), Jing Chen (Singapore), Chuan Foong Lee (Johor, Malaysia), Han Cheng Lin (Singapore), Marvin Sugi Hartono (Singapore), Matthew Robin Wells (Sydney), Kyi Thu Maung (Singapore), Chee Keong Ong (Singapore), Xiang Yu Ong (Singapore), Paul Derrick Watson (Sydney), Sebastien Deubel (Sydney), Lik Tze Seet (Singapore), Shannon William Prior (Sydney), Shiva Kumar Shanmuga Sundara (Sydney), Hugh Francis Stewart Thomas (Sydney), Beng Hai Tan (Singapore), Shir Ting Keong (Singapore) and Jit Wei Lim (S...