ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,503, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).
"Respiratory apparatus" was invented by Barton John Kenyon (Sydney), Renee Frances Flower (Sydney), Enrico Brambilla (Irvine, Calif.) and Philip Rodney Kwok (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mountable flow generator is configured to deliver a flow of breathable gas at a continuously positive pressure with respect to ambient air pressure to a patient interface in communication with an entrance to a patient's airways including at least an entrance of the patient's nares, while the patient is sleeping, to ameliorate sleep disordered breathing. T...