ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,928, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).
"PAP system" was invented by Adam Francis Barlow (Sydney), Clementine Le Loc'h (Sydney), Dmitri Anatolievich Doudkine (Sydney), Craig Edward Harris (Sydney) and Robert Edward Henry (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A respiratory system is configured to pressurize and deliver a flow of respiratory gas to a patient's airways. The respiratory system includes a cushion configured to sealingly engage the patient's face and a blower mounted to the cushion and configured to pressurize a flow of respiratory gas. An interface structure is attached to an outl...