ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,582, issued on July 14, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).
"Humidifier for respiratory apparatus" was invented by Paul Jan Klasek (Sydney), Alexander Virr (Gosford, Australia), Nathan John Row (Sydney), Ronald James Huby (Sydney) and Jack Wei Cheng (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heatable conduit for use in a respiratory apparatus for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a first segment with one or more heater wires and a second segment with one or more heater wires. Each of the first and second segments comprises a spirally wound elongate body. In addition, the one or more heater wires of th...