ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,380, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Digital twin of lung that is calibrated and updated with mechanical ventilator data and bed-side imaging information for safe mechanical ventilation" was invented by Cornelis Petrus Hendriks (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Roberto Buizza (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Rita Priori (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Michael Polkey (Monroeville, Pa.), Joerg Sabczynski (Hamburg, Germany), Rafael Wiemker (Hamburg, Germany), Jaap Roger Haartsen (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Thomas Koehler (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical ventilation device com...