ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,583, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Sensing for respiratory circuits" was invented by Po-Yen Liu (Auckland, New Zealand), Paul James Tonkin (Auckland, New Zealand), Salman Mansoor Javed (Auckland, New Zealand), Chenjie Yan (Auckland, New Zealand), Peter Alan Seekup (Auckland, New Zealand) and Anton Petrochenko (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments provide a breathing assistance apparatus comprising a conduit for conveying gases therein, the conduit comprising circuitry. The circuitry may comprise at least one heater wire part to heat gases ...