ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,420, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).
"Vent for a respiratory pressure therapy system" was invented by Michael Christopher Hogg (Sydney), Sabine Konzack (Sydney), Hongjiang Yu (Sydney) and Jie Yuan (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A respiratory therapy system may include a vent structure. In one form the vent structure includes a vent housing, and a plurality of partitions inside the vent housing forming therebetween a plurality of vent slots. The vent slots include a vent inlet configured to receive an air flow, and a vent outlet configured to allow the air flow to exit into the surro...