ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,518, issued on March 18, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Headgear for breathing mask" was invented by Peter David Alexander Bearne (Auckland, New Zealand), Roheet Patel (Auckland, New Zealand), Kirstin Elizabeth Middelkoop (Auckland, New Zealand), Fadi Karim Moh'd Mashal (Auckland, New Zealand), Michael John Henri Cox (Auckland, New Zealand) and Blair Raymund Dadson Murphy (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface assembly includes an interface, such as a mask, that is secured to a head using a headgear assembly. The headgear assembly can include at least one halo po...