US Patent Issued to SNAP CPAP on Nov. 18 for "Self-sanitizing respiratory assembly and methods of making and using the same" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,324, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SNAP CPAP LLC (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

"Self-sanitizing respiratory assembly and methods of making and using the same" 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 flexible tubing connected to a fluid source. The flexible tubing includes a pair of receptacles through which the fluid is dispensed, a pair of posts, and a connector with a central opening sized and shaped to cooperate with one of the receptacles. Each post includes a flange sized and shaped to fit over the nostril of a patient; a main body comprising a passag...