ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,321, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).

"Delivery of respiratory therapy" was invented by Philip Rodney Kwok (Sydney), Lee James Veliss (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Philip John Gunning (Sydney), Robert Edward Henry (Sydney), Gregory Robert Peake (Sydney), Bruce David Gregory (Sydney), Karthikeyan Selvarajan (Sydney), Clive Solari (Sydney) and Scott Douglas Brackenreg (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient interface includes a sealing arrangement adapted to provide an effective seal with the patient's nose, an inlet conduit arrangement adapted to deliver breathable gas to the sealing arr...