US Patent Issued to RESMED on Sept. 15 for "Patient interface" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,324, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to RESMED PTY LTD (Bella Vista, Australia).

"Patient interface" was invented by Aaron Samuel Davidson (Sydney) and Rupert Christian Scheiner (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal-forming structure constructed and arranged to form a seal with a region of the patient's face is disclosed. The seal-forming structure may be constructed from a soft, flexible, resilient material, may comprise an exterior surface and an interior surface opposite the exterior surface, and the exterior surface may include a patient-contacting region configured to engage and seal against the patient's facial skin. ...