ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,833, issued on July 22, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).

"Respiratory pressure therapy system" was invented by Barton John Kenyon (Sydney), Timothy Nicholas Shadie (Sydney), Emily Claire Shrubb (Sydney) and Liam Holley (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) system may include a housing portion forming a plenum chamber pressurizable to a therapeutic pressure; a seal-forming structure constructed and arranged to with a region of the patients face; a positioning and stabilising structure constructed and arranged to provide an elastic force to hold the seal-forming structure in...