US Patent Issued to ResMed on July 7 for "Dual chamber patient interface with airflow regulation" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,176, issued on July 7, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).

"Dual chamber patient interface with airflow regulation" was invented by Muditha Pradeep Dantanarayana (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient interface may include a dual chamber cushion assembly having a nasal chamber and an oral chamber. The nasal chamber may be arranged to deliver pressurized breathable gas to a patient's nasal passages, and the oral chamber may be arranged to deliver pressurized breathable gas to the patient's oral passages. The nasal chamber may be pressurized to a different level than an oral chamber to promote nasal breath...