ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,433, issued on July 8, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Springfield, Ill.).

"Moisture removal and condensation and humidity management apparatus for a breathing circuit" was invented by Daniel Patrick Dwyer (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moisture removal apparatus for a breathing circuit may include a breathing gas conduit configured to receive a flow of breathing gas having a first humidity level. The apparatus may include a dry gas conduit adjacent to at least a portion of the breathing gas conduit, the dry gas conduit configured to receive a flow of dry gas having a second humidity level lower than the first hum...