ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,385, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BMC (TIANJIN) MEDICAL Co. LTD (Tianjin, China).

"Patient interface device and ventilation treatment apparatus" was invented by Han Xu (Tianjin, China), Yunjing Chen (Tianjin, China) and Zhi Zhuang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The patient interface apparatus in the present application through disposing the first moisture-extraction part on the main body, it is capable to conduct the moisture in the gas cavity to outside of the main body, which may automatically remove condensed water in the gas cavity, thereby improving safety of ventilation treatment and reducing labor intensity of m...