ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,100, issued on May 13, was assigned to Inogen Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Conforming nasal pillow" was invented by Todd Allum (Livermore, Calif.) and Eric Johansson (Dublin, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure include a nasal pillow apparatus having a first nasal pillow, a second nasal pillow, and a connecting bar that connects the first nasal pillow to the second nasal pillow, the connecting bar being disposed below a bottom surface of the first nasal pillow and a bottom surface of the second nasal pillow. Each of the first nasal pillow and the second nasal pillow includes an inner wall having a f...