ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,278, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SoClean Inc. (Peterborough, N.H.).

"Systems, methods, and devices for ozone sanitization of continuous positive airway pressure devices" was invented by Timothy Leyva (Bellingham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is generally related to a device and method for sanitizing a medical instrument with ozone, in particular the invention relates to a system, method and a device for sanitizing a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device. The device has an ozone compartment, an ozone operating system and one or more ozone distribution lines that distribute ozone to a co...