ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,048, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).
"Headgear for a patient interface" was invented by Emily Elizabeth Blanch (Sydney), Michiel Kooij (Sydney), Stewart Joseph Wagner (Hawkesbury, Australia), Hadley White (Sydney), Paul Derrick Watson (Sydney) and Ryan Michael Kirkpatrick (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning and stabilising structure comprising at least one gas delivery tube to receive the flow of air from a connection port on top of the patient's head and to deliver the flow of air to the entrance of the patient's airways via the seal-forming structure, the at least one g...