ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,544, issued on June 3, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).
"Elbow assembly" was invented by Lachlan Richard Goldspink (Sydney), Robert Anthony Paterson (Hornsby Heights, Australia), Shiva Kumar Shanmuga Sundara (Sydney), Skye Kimberley Short (Sydney) and Hargopal Verma (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elbow assembly for a patient interface includes a swivel component adapted to connect to a patient interface and an elbow component adapted to connect to an air circuit. The swivel component is coupled to the elbow component by a ball and socket joint and a hinge joint which allows the elbow component to piv...