US Patent Issued to ResMed on June 16 for "Acoustic detection for respiratory treatment apparatus" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,974, issued on June 16, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Australia).

"Acoustic detection for respiratory treatment apparatus" was invented by Liam Holley (Sydney), Dion Charles Chewe Martin (Sydney) and Steven Paul Farrugia (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus provide acoustic detection for automated devices such as respiratory treatment apparatus. In some embodiments of the technology, acoustic analysis of noise or sound pulses, such as a cepstrum analysis, based on signals of a sound sensor permits detection of obstruction such as within a patient interface, mask or respiratory conduit or within patient respi...