ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,641, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Breathing assistance apparatus" was invented by Matthew Jon Payton (Auckland, New Zealand), Kevin Peter O'Donnell (Auckland, New Zealand), Christopher Simon James Quill (Auckland, New Zealand), Ian Douglas Makinson (Auckland, New Zealand), Emily Joy Drake (Auckland, New Zealand), Craig Karl White (Auckland, New Zealand) and Virginia Louise Owen (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breathing assistance apparatus and method of controlling a breathing assistance apparatus is disclosed. Particularly, the breathing assistan...