ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,118, issued on June 24, was assigned to FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"System and method for non-invasive ventilation" was invented by Sascha Kristopher Zoellner (Auckland, New Zealand), Bhavna Prentice (Auckland, New Zealand), Joseph Jules Nihotte (Auckland, New Zealand), Grant Leigh Nelson (Auckland, New Zealand), James Alexander Gordon (Auckland, New Zealand) and Brendan O'Neill (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for non-invasive ventilation are provided. The systems may include a gas source that provides breathing gases to a patient through one or more of a primary...