ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,689, issued on June 30, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).
"Assembly for diverting liquid from a respiratory device" was invented by Tzu-Chin Yu (Sydney), Simon Robert Cork (Sydney), Bing Luo (Sydney) and Millen James Rath-May (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided to prevent water ingress to a medical device with a housing. Such water ingress may originate, for example, from a connected humidifier. The apparatus consists of an endcap including at least one aperture for selective coupling with a compatible accessory. The end cap is constructed from panels which cooperate to provide an in...