ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,612, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).
"Patient interface with elastic headgear" was invented by Kirrily Michele Haskard (Sydney), Anthony Paul Barbara (Sydney) and Alicia Kristianne Wells (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Headgear, comprising at least one strap; and at least one rigidizer, the headgear being arranged to position one of the at least one strap and one of the at least one rigidizer, with regard to one another such that the rigidizer imparts a desired shape to at least a portion of the strap while allowing said portion of the strap to move relative to the rigidizer."
The p...