US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on March 25 for "Nasal pillows cushion for patient interface device" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,388, issued on March 25, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Nasal pillows cushion for patient interface device" was invented by Jonathan Sayer Grashow (Pittsburg, Pa.) and Robert Edward O'Grady (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cushion for use in providing a regimen of respiratory therapy to a patient includes a base that defines a main cavity therein an aperture for receiving a flow of breathing gas. A pair of nasal pillows each extend from the base, each having a cone-shaped head that tapers inward and upward from a base portion, that extends directly from the base, to a top opening. Eac...