US Patent Issued to Engineered Medical Systems on July 8 for "Respiratory device" (Indiana, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,437, issued on July 8, was assigned to Engineered Medical Systems Inc. (Indianapolis).

"Respiratory device" was invented by Bradley Allen Wheeler (Martinsville, Ind.), Jessica Mae Zinnecker (Indianapolis) and James DuCanto (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve for use with a compressed breathable gas source having a valve adapted to: (a) be disposed upstream of a patient delivery device and (b) control at least a portion of a breathable gas source upstream of the patient delivery device and the source including both: (i) a compressed breathable gas source and (ii) a second gas source. The valve includes a first rotat...