ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,907, issued on June 17, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Australia).

"Methods and apparatus for treatment of respiratory disorders" was invented by Benjamin Matthew Austin (Sydney) and Etienne Veschambre (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods, apparatus and systems for treating a respiratory disorder in a patient. The apparatus comprises a pressure generator configured to generate a flow of air so as to provide ventilatory support to the patient; a transducer configured to generate a flow signal representing a property of the flow of air; and a controller configured to analyse the flow signal to estimate the insp...