ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,529, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Breathing assistance apparatus" was invented by Malik Tivanka Rajiv Peiris (Auckland, New Zealand), Andrew Robert Donald Somervell (Auckland, New Zealand) and Jonathan David Harwood (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Breathing assistance apparatus includes a gases supply unit adapted to, in use, deliver a stream of pressurised gases from an outlet. The gases supply unit is adapted to vary the pressure of the stream of pressurised gases. A supply path includes a flexible self-supporting gases transportation pathway havi...