US Patent Issued to ResMed on Jan. 13 for "Swivel elbow and connector assembly for patient interface systems" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,513, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).

"Swivel elbow and connector assembly for patient interface systems" was invented by Teck Fong (Sydney), Stephen Gray (Sydney), Adam Francis Barlow (Sydney), Robert Thomas Burnham (Sydney), Christopher Scott Skipper (Sydney), David Anthony Pidcock (Sydney), Tumul Gupta (Sydney), Damien Julian Mazzone (Sydney), Jose Ignacio Romagnoli (Sydney) and Christopher Samuel Cullen (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient interface includes a cushion configured to sealingly engage the patient's face, a support structure configured to support the cushion, the...