ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,828, issued on May 27.
"Reusable incontinence underwear with feces sensing" was invented by Thomas C. Chan (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Chi Chen Hsien (Sacramento, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses of reusable incontinence underwear with feces sensing and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. An incontinence underwear includes an interior layer includes an excretion area, where the excretion area includes one or more openings configured to drain excretions of a user away from the interior layer; a middle layer configured to house an excretion collection unit, configured to store the excretions from the interior ...