US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on April 8 for "Integrated humidifier chamber and lid" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,818, issued on April 8, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Integrated humidifier chamber and lid" was invented by Venkata Subbarao Potharaju (Auckland, New Zealand), Christie Jayne Stanton (Auckland, New Zealand), Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon (Auckland, New Zealand), Yi-Cheng Sun (Auckland, New Zealand), Hayden Briscoe (Auckland, New Zealand), Samuel Frew (Auckland, New Zealand), Steven John Worthington (Auckland, New Zealand), Philip John Dickinson (Auckland, New Zealand) and Cameron Jon Haxton (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blower unit for use as part of an integrated bl...