US Patent Issued to ResMed on March 24 for "Modular patient interface including a joint coupling mouth and nasal cushions" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,788, issued on March 24, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).

"Modular patient interface including a joint coupling mouth and nasal cushions" was invented by Rupert Christian Scheiner (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient interface kit to deliver a flow of air at a positive pressure with respect to ambient air pressure to an entrance to a patients airways including at least the entrance of a patients nares while the patient is sleeping. The patient interface comprising: a nasal cushion having a nasal cushion opening; a mouth cushion having a mouth cushion opening, the mouth cushion including a flexible...