US Patent Issued to ResMed on Dec. 2 for "Methods and apparatus for monitoring respiratory therapy" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,240, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Australia).

"Methods and apparatus for monitoring respiratory therapy" was invented by Paul Andrew Dickens (Sydney) and Dion Charles Chewe Martin (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, such as a respiratory therapy device 4000, may generate a signal representing an estimate of a patient breathing pattern when using a flow therapy device with an un-sealed patient interface. The device may include a blower and may generate a flow of air at a controlled flow rate. The apparatus may include a controller. The generation may involve computing an estimate of the breathing patt...