ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,685, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Resmed Pty Ltd. (Bella Vista, Australia).

"CPAP system" was invented by Dmitri Anatolievich Doudkine (Sydney) and Siyin Wong (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for providing a supply of humidified pressurized breathable gas to a patient interface, the apparatus comprising: a flow generator configured to pressurize a supply of breathable gas; a humidifier configured to provide water vapour to humidify the supply of pressurized breathable gas; a heated tube configured to be connectable to the humidifier to heat and deliver the humidified supply of breathable gas to the patient in...