ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,105, issued on May 27, was assigned to Tiro Medical Ltd. (Christchurch, New Zealand).

"Method and apparatus to guide mechanical ventilation" was invented by James Geoffrey Chase (Christchurch, New Zealand) and Cong Zhou (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and device for developing an automated digital cloning method to create an accurate, predictive and personalized virtual patient model enabling personalized precision mechanical ventilation care."

The patent was filed on Dec. 1, 2021, under Application No. 17/539,519.

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