ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,709, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Patient interfaces" was invented by Roheet Patel (Auckland, New Zealand), Michael John Henri Cox (Auckland, New Zealand), Max Leon Betteridge (Auckland, New Zealand), Bruce Michael Walls (Auckland, New Zealand), Ronan Leahy (Auckland, New Zealand), Matthew James Pedersen (Auckland, New Zealand) and Jae Yun Lim (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mask assembly can include a mask seal. In some configurations, the mask assembly can be configured to be fully positioned lower than a bridge of a nose of a face of a user and...