US Patent Issued to VORTRAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 1 on Jan. 13 for "Adjustable peep valves for ventilators" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,515, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to VORTRAN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 1 INC. (Sacramento, Calif.).

"Adjustable peep valves for ventilators" was invented by Abdolreza Saied (Carmichael, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "PEEP-valves configured to be placed inline with the exhalation path of a ventilator and ahead of the exhalation valve. The PEEP-valve functions as a resistor that can provide a higher PEEP value for any given PIP, lung compliance, and respiratory rate combination compared to a standard PIP to PEEP ratio."

The patent was filed on Sept. 28, 2022, under Application No. 17/936,325.

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