ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,640, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Sleep Easy Technology LLC (South Bend, Ind.).
"Medical gas delivery" was invented by Anthony Esplin (South Bend, Ind.), Larry Mastrovich (Coto De Caza, Calif.), Vermon Sims Esplin (Pocatello, Idaho) and Richard Ashbaugh (Pocatello, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for delivering medical gases, such as supplemental oxygen, to a subject includes a positioner and a diffuser positionable on opposite sides of a location on a surface where the subject will rest their head. The positioner may position a head and face of the subject in a desired orientation, while the diffuser may direct a...