ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,685, issued on June 30, was assigned to Restful Robotics Inc. (Sunrise, Fla.).
"Robotic ventilation system for correct mask placement" was invented by Scott Nortman (Sunrise, Fla.) and David Jassir (Davie, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes: a robot comprising an arm, the arm comprising a flange, the flange coupled to an end of the arm, the arm configured to move the flange along a degree of freedom; a mask coupled to the flange, the mask configured to deliver gas to a user, wherein the arm further comprises a kinematic mount, the kinematic mount usable to do one or more of orient and locate the mask with respect t...