US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on May 27 for "Seal for a patient interface, interface assemblies and aspects thereof" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,107, issued on May 27, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Seal for a patient interface, interface assemblies and aspects thereof" was invented by Roheet Patel (Auckland, New Zealand), Peter David Alexander Bearne (Auckland, New Zealand), Michael John Henri Cox (Auckland, New Zealand), Fadi Karim Moh'd Mashal (Auckland, New Zealand) and Kirstin Elizabeth Middelkoop (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mask assembly or interface with a mask assembly includes a mask seal and a mask shell that supports the mask seal. In some configurations, the mask assembly is configured to be fu...