ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,835, issued on July 22, was assigned to Breathe Technologies Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Methods, systems and devices for non-invasive ventilation with gas delivery nozzles in free space" was invented by Gregory Kapust (San Ramon, Calif.), Todd Allum (Livermore, Calif.), Anthony D. Wondka (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Joseph Cipollone (San Ramon, Calif.), Anthony Gerber (San Francisco), Darius Eghbal (Oakland, Calif.), Joey Aguirre (San Ramon, Calif.) and George Kassanis (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for reducing airway obstructions of a patient may include a ventilator, a control unit, a gas delivery circuit with a p...