ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,505, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Australia).
"Auto-fit mask" was invented by Timothy Tsun-Fai Fu (Sydney) and Sakeena De Souza (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for detecting a sealing condition between a patient interface and a patient, and adjusting the patient interface to maintain the patient interface in sealing contact with the patient. The patient interface may include a sealing structure to form a seal on the patient, and a positioning structure to secure the sealing structure to the patient. The patient interface may include a sensor coupled to the sealing structure. ...