ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,111, issued on June 24, was assigned to IDEVICE INC. (Osaka, Japan).
"Mask for mechanical ventilator" was invented by Masahiko Hara (Osaka, Japan), Yuto Kido (Hirakata, Japan) and Takashi Kato (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides a mask for an mechanical ventilator, including a first opening portion that takes in inspired air from the mechanical ventilator, a second opening portion that has an edge abutting against a skin of a user to send the inspired air to at least one of a nose and a mouth of the user, and a bellows portion that is formed on at least a part of the edge of the second opening portion, forms...