US Patent Issued to RESMED ASIA on April 14 for "Patient interface with foam cushion" (Singaporean, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,739, issued on April 14, was assigned to RESMED ASIA PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Patient interface with foam cushion" was invented by Robin Yew (Singapore), Lik Tze Seet (Singapore), Andrew James Bate (Sydney) and Kam Man Law (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient interface is configured to deliver a flow of positive pressure respiratory gas to an entrance of a patients airways. The patient interface includes an elastomeric support wall forming at least part of a plenum chamber configured to receive the flow of positive pressure respiratory gas. The patient interface also includes an elastomeric support flange positioned at an...