ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,480, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Patient interface" was invented by Chelsea Erin Johnson (Auckland, New Zealand), Robert Andrew David Milne (Auckland, New Zealand) and Michael Paul Ronayne (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient interface includes a first body that rests on a first portion of a patient's face, a second body that rests on a second portion of the patient's face, and a bridge linking the first and second bodies. The patient interface includes an attachment structure that couples with a complementary fixation structure positioned on ...