ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,061, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ResMed Sensor Technologies Ltd. (Dublin).

"Systems and methods for locating user interface leak" was invented by Dylan Hermes da Fonseca Beadle (San Diego), Luca Cerina (Dublin), Varuni Lakshana Vithanage Fernando (Dublin), Aoibhe Jacqueline Turner-Heaney (Dublin), Katherine Molony (Dublin) and Liam Holley (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Detection of unintentional air leaks in a user interface (e.g., mask) of a respiratory therapy system (e.g., a positive air pressure device) is disclosed. One or more sensors (e.g., within a computing device, such as a smartphone) can be moved around rel...