ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,638, issued on May 6, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).
"Humidifier" was invented by Joseph Samuel Ormrod (Sydney), Michael James Dent (Sydney) and Wei Liang Lau (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A humidifier comprises a water reservoir and a reservoir dock configured to receive the water reservoir in an operative position. The water reservoir is configured to hold a volume of liquid. The water reservoir includes a chamber and a single conduit providing an inner opening arranged within the chamber. The reservoir dock includes a dock inlet conduit arranged to receive the flow of air from the RPT device. The...