ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,219, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Australia) and ResMed Sensor Technologies Ltd. (Ireland).

"Acoustic analysis of a respiratory therapy system" was invented by Liam Holley (Sydney), Redmond Shouldice (Clonskeagh, Ireland), Anna Rice (Clonskeagh, Ireland), Niall Fox (Clonskeagh, Ireland), Stephen Mcmahon (Clonskeagh, Ireland) and Graeme Lyon (Clonskeagh, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus obtain information about a patient and/or a respiratory therapy system that is configured to deliver respiratory therapy to the patient. The respiratory therapy system may include a flow generator config...