ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,570, issued on March 4, was assigned to Kiomars Anvari (Walnut Creek, Calif.).

"Sleep apnea detection and mitigation device" was invented by Kiomars Anvari (Walnut Creek, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sleep apnea detection and mitigation equipment that uses a face mask connected to a pillow with an embedded device is described. The embedded device has an air inlet assembly to pull in air from the environment, an exhaust assembly to release air to the environment, a control circuit, and an oxygen tank with a regulator. The inlet assembly releases filtered air into the face mask through an air tube and the exhaust assembly pull...