ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,770, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Breathe Technologies Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Modular ventilation system" was invented by Samir S. Ahmad (Irvine, Calif.), Enrico Brambilla (Irvine, Calif.), Ali Nikkhah (Irvine, Calif.), Lawrence A. Mastrovich (Irvine, Calif.), Gary Berman (Irvine, Calif.) and Masoud Vahidi (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Modular ventilatory support systems and methods are disclosed in which a user may transition the system between a stationary configuration, an extended range configuration, and a stand-alone configuration. The modular components of the system include a compressor unit, a ventilato...