ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,096, issued on May 13, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).
"CPAP system" was invented by Jeremy William Workman (Blue Mountains, Australia), Ernie Wei-Chih Tsai (Sydney), Michael James Dent (Sydney), Max William Andrew Kabilafkas (Sydney), Dimitri Marco Maurer (Gosford, Australia), Andrew Chan (Sydney), Justin John Formica (Sydney), Hargopal Verma (Sydney), Katarzyna Anna Krol-Mazur (Sydney), Chia Ik Tan (Sydney) and Jessie Cindy Maikim (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for humidifying a flow of breathable gas includes a water reservoir and a water reservoir dock forming a cavity ...