ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,980, issued on June 16, was assigned to ResMed Asia Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Inflatable headgear and patient interface" was invented by Mohankumar Krishnan Valiyambath (Singapore), Adrian Jeffrey Lowry (Singapore), Bangzheng Tan (Singapore), Thontira Supaopasphun (Singapore), Angelene Marie Ozolins (Bella Vista, Australia), Jing Chen (Singapore), R. Nithya (Singapore) and Maximilian Aji Wijoyoseno (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology relates to one or more of the screening, diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, prevention and amelioration of respiratory-related disorders. The present technology also relates to ...