US Patent Issued to University of Washington on June 16 for "Smart individualized near-face extended wear electrohydrodynamic respirator" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,042, issued on June 16, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle).

"Smart individualized near-face extended wear electrohydrodynamic respirator" was invented by Alexander V. Mamishev (Seattle), Abbie Sawyer (Seattle), Anastasiya Makarevich (Seattle), Richard Wang (Seattle), Ravi Sankar Vaddi (Seattle), Edward Martija (Seattle) and Sara Seulbee Shin (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a device for respiratory protection. The device includes a face shield having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The device also includes a headband coupled to the first end of the face shiel...