ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,134, issued on March 11, was assigned to IMTMEDICAL AG (Buchs, Switzerland).

"Gas valve for ventilation, a circuit for a ventilation system and a method for determining a releasing gas flow" was invented by Christopher M. Varga (Laguna Hills, Calif.), Martin Bjorn Hess (Malans, Switzerland) and Matthias Van Der Staay (Obstalden, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas valve (11) for ventilation which comprises a main body (12) having a first gas chamber (13), a second gas chamber (15) and at least an inlet duct (14) for supplying a gas to the first gas chamber (13). The gas valve (11) further comprises a proportional valve ...