ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,874, issued on July 8, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Component for conveying gases" was invented by Peter Kenneth Graham (Auckland, New Zealand), Enrico Alvarez Garcia (Auckland, New Zealand) and Shu Yi Chu (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides for a component forming a part of a breathing tube, or forming the breathing tube, for example as a part of a breathing circuit for respiratory therapy. The component comprising a tubular body having a foamed wall. The foamed wall can be formed from extrusion of a single extrudate. The foamed wall is of a suffic...