ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,496, issued on July 15, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Sensor assembly for ostomy appliance" was invented by Frank Edberg Olsen (Vanloese, Denmark), Lars Molzen (Alleroed, Denmark), Jais Ask Hansen (Jaegerspris, Denmark), Jose Manuel Roman-Marin (Copenhagen N, Denmark), Jesper Kenneth Olsen (Birkeroed, Denmark) and Jonas Emborg (Frederikssund, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sensor assembly, for an ostomy appliance, comprising a support layer and a planar electrode assembly arranged on a surface of the support layer. The electrode assembly comprises at least a first electrode. The first electrode comprise...