US Patent Issued to Avent on July 15 for "Patient monitoring system for determining movement activity" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,197, issued on July 15, was assigned to Avent Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Patient monitoring system for determining movement activity" was invented by Marc Comtois (Irvine, Calif.), Arne Jorgen Madsen (Newport Beach, Calif.), Steve S. Khalaj (Laguna Hills, Calif.), Joost L. Mulders (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Bridget F. Kuske (Newport Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient compliance system is provided that includes a patient monitoring material for determining movement activity associated with a joint of the patient. The patient monitoring material includes at least one sensor for sensing the movement activity and a transm...