ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,549, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Conduit connector for a patient breathing device" was invented by Laurence Gulliver (Auckland, New Zealand), Michael Paul Ronayne (Auckland, New Zealand) and Charles William Douglas Irving (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a connector or connector assembly for attaching a nasal cannula with a gas delivery hose includes a sensor port for a sensor probe positioned near an end of a nasal cannula, which can allow the sensor probe to be placed closer to the patient's nostrils than previous connector parts...