US Patent Issued to SNAP CPAP on Nov. 11 for "Respiratory assembly with conduit adapter and methods of use" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,712, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SNAP CPAP LLC (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

"Respiratory assembly with conduit adapter and methods of use" was invented by Stuart Heatherington (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nasal respiratory assembly includes a pair of sheets. Each sheet defines an opening sized and shaped to fit over a nostril of a patient, with a ferromagnetic dome-shaped ring positioned at an underside of the sheet, with an upper side of the sheet configured for sealable engagement with the nostril. The assembly also includes a pair of posts. Each post includes a magnetic ring positioned at a first end and a ball...