ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. RE50,991, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Australia).
"Method and apparatus for treatment of respiratory disorders" was invented by Dinesh Ramanan (Telopea, Australia), Jeffrey Peter Armitstead (North Sydney, Australia), Joon-Pil Hwang (Rhodes, Australia), Jane Zona Mchenry (Auckland, New Zealand) and Nathan John Row (Lane Cove, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus for treating a respiratory disorder. The apparatus comprises a pressure device, and a controller, including at least one processor, configured to control the pressure device to: supply, upon initiation of treatment, a flow of press...