ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,280, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. (Cleveland).
"Device for sleep diagnosis" was invented by Hani Kayyali (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Matthew Tarler (Avon, Ohio) and Edward J. Rapp (Cleveland Heights, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is related to a compact, portable, user-friendly sleep disorder diagnosis and screening device. The present invention is further related to a single-ended respiratory inductance plethysmography belt used to monitor certain parameters of a subject's respiration while at the same time serving to position and mechanically stabilize a compact data acquis...