ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,520, issued on March 18, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).
"Humidifier reservoir" was invented by Andrew Roderick Bath (Sydney), Justin John Formica (Sydney), Matthew Rolf Harrington (Gosford, Australia), Joseph Samuel Ormrod (Sydney), Luke Andrew Stanislas (Sydney) and Hargopal Verma (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water reservoir configured to be removably connected to a respiratory pressure therapy (RPT) device has a water reservoir base configured to hold a volume of water to be used for humidification of the breathable air, a water reservoir lid connected to the water reservoir base, a retainer c...