ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,758, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A. (Luxembourg).

"Ventilator and method for controlling a gas source and two rotary valves" was invented by Christof Goebel (Hamburg, Germany) and Jan Schattner (Pinneberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a ventilator comprising a gas source, at least one gas path and a patient conduit and at least two valves, each of the valves having at least indirectly a port for the surrounding air and each of the valves being at least temporarily connected to the gas source and/or the patient conduit so as to conduct gas."

The patent was fil...