US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on Feb. 18 for "User interface and method for operating a breathing apparatus" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,574, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"User interface and method for operating a breathing apparatus" was invented by Bernhard Florian Lamprecht (Auckland, New Zealand) and Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breathing apparatus with a user interface comprising a display for displaying at least one menu item, a first button operable to sequentially cycle through and display a plurality of menu items, a second and optionally third button operable to configure a parameter of the selected menu item, and a fourth button operable to c...