ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,105, issued on May 13, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Humidification apparatus and humidification and blowing apparatus for respiratory organs including the same" was invented by Yuzo Higashiyama (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A humidification apparatus includes a bag-shaped flexible reservoir where water is stored, a vaporizer that vaporizes supplied water, a water supply path connected to the flexible reservoir and the vaporizer, an accommodation portion where the flexible reservoir is accommodated, a pressurization source that compresses the flexible reservoir by pressurizing a sp...