ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,781, issued on July 15, was assigned to SOCLEAN INC. (Peterborough, N.H.).
"Self-sanitizing medical devices, systems and methods using the same" was invented by Robert Wilkins (Peterborough, N.H.) and Tahira Jayasuriya (Peterborough, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies (e.g., devices, systems and methods) for sanitizing positive airway pressure (PAP) systems are described. In some embodiments, the technologies include a PAP delivery system comprising a hose and a PAP mask, a positive pressure supply system configured to generate a flow of pressurized air which is delivered to a user through the hose to the PAP mask of th...