ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,742, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SleepDev Inc. (Aptos, Calif.).

"Therapeutic methods for sleep respiratory issues via a positional therapy device that monitors a users's head position" was invented by Michael McNeil Swertfager (Aptos, Calif.) and James Barry Gartrell (San Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for facilitating diagnosis of sleep respiratory issues and/or delivering therapy for such issues are provided. According to one embodiment, a positional therapy device may be integrated with a PAP mask system to provide an effective and more sleep conducive method for positional sle...