US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on Oct. 7 for "Tracheal couplings and associated systems and methods" (New Zealander Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,031, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Tracheal couplings and associated systems and methods" was invented by Stanislav Tatkov (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a tracheal coupling comprising a patient port 33, an outlet port 36, an inlet port 31 between the patient port and the outlet port, such that flow 34 from the inlet port can go to the patient port or direct to the outlet port, and a flow restriction e.g. 32 between the inlet port and the outlet port, or at the outlet port."

The patent was filed on Sept. 6, 2022, unde...