ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,378, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Triad National Security LLC (Los Alamos, N.M.).

"Breathe assist system and breathe assist control system" was invented by George Andrew Erickson (Los Alamos, N.M.) and Kory William Sylvester (Los Alamos, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breathe assist system is used with a breathe assist control system in providing air to a patient to assist with breathing. The breathe assist control system includes a pressure sensor configured to detect pressure within a patient mask indicative of patient inhalations and exhalations and a controller. The controller is connected to the pressure sensor and ...