US Patent Issued to ResMed on Sept. 29 for "Variable flow vent assembly for a conduit mask" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,362, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).

"Variable flow vent assembly for a conduit mask" was invented by Muditha Pradeep Dantanarayana (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology relates to a variable flow vent assembly for a conduit mask configured to deliver a flow of breathable gas at a positive pressure to an airway entrance of a patient and allow a flow of exhaled gas from the airway of the patient to exit the vent assembly to ambient. The variable flow vent assembly is further configured to include a valve, wherein the valve is arranged to allow for the regulation of the flow...