ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,753, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Vent for a component of a respiratory therapy system" was invented by Hamish Joshua Rose (Auckland, New Zealand) and Max Leon Betteridge (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vent for venting exhaust gases from a component of a respiratory therapy system. The vent may include a substrate having an inner surface and an outer surface. The vent may include at least one vent hole 17 extending through the substrate and having a vent hole circumference. The vent hole may include an exhaust gas inlet at the inner margin of the...