ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,127, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Respiratory humidification system" was invented by Hamish Adrian Osborne (Auckland, New Zealand), Jonathan David Harwood (Auckland, New Zealand) and Natalie May Robertson (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system provides warm, humidified gas to a patient via a patient interface. Horizontal connections can be used between the humidification chamber and conduit. To reduce the likelihood of condensate flowing back to the humidification chamber, or dead space or gases recirculation regions occurring within the gases flo...