US Patent Issued to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on Sept. 23 for "Flow path fault detection method for a respiratory assistance apparatus" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,038, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Flow path fault detection method for a respiratory assistance apparatus" was invented by Kevin Peter O'Donnell (Auckland, New Zealand), John Han (Auckland, New Zealand), Jack Che-Wei Hsu (Auckland, New Zealand), Samuel Robertson Frame (Auckland, New Zealand) and Grant Martin Dover (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A respiratory assistance apparatus is configured to provide a heated and humidified glow of gases and has a control system that is configured to detect a fault in the flow path. A flow path is provided for...