ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,789, issued on July 15, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Humidification system" was invented by Donald Roy Kuriger (Auckland, New Zealand), Johannes Nicolaas Bothma (Auckland, New Zealand) and Igor Olegovich Yatsevich (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A humidification system has a humidification source and a main gases flow path. The main gases flow path has a low pressure region and a high pressure region. In some embodiments, each of the low pressure region and the high pressure region has an aperture. The pressure difference between the apertures promotes a gases flow be...