US Patent Issued to San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation on March 31 for "Mechanical respirator" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,215, issued on March 31, was assigned to San Diego State University (SDSU) Foundation (San Diego).

"Mechanical respirator" was invented by Kevin N. Wood (San Diego), Tyler Lestak (San Diego), Jack Lucas (San Diego) and Ener Arvizu-Munoz (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In alternative embodiments, provided are mechanical ventilators and methods for making and using them."

The patent was filed on April 2, 2021, under Application No. 17/995,393.

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