ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,788, issued on July 15, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Gas therapy system" was invented by Mark Samuel Hamilton (Auckland, New Zealand) and Jason Allan Klenner (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow generator for use in respiratory therapy can be constructed with a housing. A support fixation arrangement can be fixed to the housing. The support fixation arrangement can have a tab having an aperture that may be fitted over a hook extending from a support structure. The tab can be fixed to the housing such that it is manually liftable or pivotable about a plane."

The pat...