US Patent Issued to ResMed on July 14 for "Patient interface" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,581, issued on July 14, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).

"Patient interface" was invented by Achim Biener (Aufkirchen, Germany), Christian Bayer (Penzberg, Germany), Fred Komorowski (Munich) and Bernd Christoph Lang (Graefelfing, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient interface for delivering a flow of air to an entrance of a patient's airways includes a plenum chamber configured to receive a flow of air, one or more prongs configured to deliver the flow of air from the plenum chamber to the entrance of a patient's airways, a rigid frame configured to engage a cheek of the patient in use, and a headg...