US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on July 1 for "Respiratory mask sealing interface" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,476, issued on July 1, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Respiratory mask sealing interface" was invented by Alastair Edwin McAuley (Auckland, New Zealand), Gregory James Olsen (Auckland, New Zealand) and Matthew Roger Stephenson (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing interface includes an inner cushion and an outer sheath. The outer sheath substantially seals against the facial contours of the user. The inner cushion and the outer sheath each have a nasal bridge region, left and right cheek regions and either one of an upper lip region or a chin region. In use these reg...