ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,816, issued on April 8, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Breathing assistance apparatus" was invented by Andre Van Schalkwyk (Auckland, New Zealand), Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon (Auckland, New Zealand) and Ramirlindo Agra Dawinan (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breathing assistance apparatus has a housing with a recess. A guard is mounted to the housing, the guard having a base and a barrier. At least part of the base is flexible. The barrier is movable between a covering position in which the barrier partly covers the recess and an access position in which the recess is...