ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,425, issued on July 8, was assigned to SLEEPINNOV TECHNOLOGY (Moirans, France).

"Luminous respiratory ventilation device" was invented by Nikolai Hungr (Moirans, France), Jerome Argod (Moirans, France), Marc Lantelme (Moirans, France) and Nicolas Gaiffe (Moirans, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A respiratory ventilation device-configured to send an airflow, generated by a fan, into a duct that extends between the device and a breathing mask configured to be worn by a user-comprises an air inlet intended to admit air into the device; a fan; and an air outlet configured to be connected to the duct, such that, when the fan is in op...