ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,033, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Device for connecting a base plate and/or a sensor patch for a medical device" was invented by Lars Olav Schertiger (Fredensborg, Denmark) and Stephanie Knoedler (Nivaa, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitor device for connecting to a sensor patch of an ostomy appliance includes a housing, electronic circuitry, a first interface for collecting sensor data from the sensor patch, and a tail portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The tail portion has an electrode extending from the proximal end of the tail portion to a first coupling element o...