ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,218, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ResMed Inc. (San Diego).

"Systems and methods for determining a remaining useful life of an interface of a respiratory therapy system" was invented by Gregory Robert Peake (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some implementations of the present disclosure, a method for determining a remaining useful life of an interface of a respiratory therapy system is disclosed. Acoustic data associated with an acoustic reflection of an acoustic signal is received. The acoustic reflection is indicative of a portion of a structural shape of the interface. The received acoustic data is analyzed ...