ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,639, issued on May 6, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Surgical humidifier control" was invented by Ali Ghalib Abdul Rahman Ghalib (Auckland, New Zealand), Lina Tessy (Auckland, New Zealand), Joseph Patrick Walter Strevens (Auckland, New Zealand) and Paul David Phillips (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments provide for humidifier control systems and methods configured to adjust power to a heater plate in a surgical humidifier to account for changes in flow rate to provide a consistent output, to provide functionality for different modes of use, and to provide a...