US Patent Issued to Coloplast on Jan. 28 for "Base plate having a mechanical and electrical connector" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,029, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Base plate having a mechanical and electrical connector" was invented by Jais Ask Hansen (Jaegerspris, Denmark), Lars Erup Larsen (Maaloev, Denmark), Niels Hvid (Vedbaek, Denmark), Mads Hindhede Svanegaard (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) and Stephanie Knoedler (Nivaa, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a base plate (4) for an ostomy appliance (2), a monitor device (6) for connecting to the base plate, and an ostomy pouch (500) for the ostomy appliance. The base plate comprising: a top layer (208); a first adhesive layer (200); an electrode assembly (20...