US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on Jan. 28 for "Method of detecting errors in the connections in a humidification system" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,204, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Method of detecting errors in the connections in a humidification system" was invented by Po-Yen Liu (Auckland, New Zealand), Ivan Chih-Fan Teng (Auckland, New Zealand), Peter Alan Seekup (Auckland, New Zealand), Daniel John Smith (Auckland, New Zealand) and Ho Shing Lo (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various control methods can indirectly determine incorrect connections between components in a respiratory therapy system. For example, errors in the connections can occur between a patient interface, a humidifier and/...