US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on May 27 for "Frame with supporting arms and length adjustable strap" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,109, issued on May 27, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Frame with supporting arms and length adjustable strap" was invented by Olivia Marie Allan (Auckland, New Zealand), Arvin San Jose Gardiola (Auckland, New Zealand), Lewis George Gradon (Auckland, New Zealand), Wen Dong Huang (Auckland, New Zealand), Alastair Edwin McAuley (Auckland, New Zealand), Mark Arvind McLaren (Auckland, New Zealand), Craig Robert Prentice (Auckland, New Zealand), Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon (Auckland, New Zealand) and Silas Sao Jin Siew (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient interface has a ...