ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,325, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).

"Swivel elbow and connector assembly for patient interface systems" was invented by Teck Fong (Sydney), Stephen Gray (Sydney), Adam Francis Barlow (Sydney), Robert Thomas Burnham (Sydney), Christopher Scott Skipper (Sydney), David Anthony Pidcock (Sydney), Tumul Gupta (Sydney), Damien Julian Mazzone (Sydney), Jose Ignacio Romagnoli (Sydney) and Christopher Samuel Cullen (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air delivery tube connector for a patient interface includes a base structure formed from a first material and a continuous flexible portion fo...