ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,621, issued on July 22, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Ostomy system operable to inform an ostomate of an ostomy device condition useful in preventing leakage relative to the ostomy device" was invented by Lars Erup Larsen (Maaloev, Denmark), Jais Ask Hansen (Jaegerspris, Denmark) and Lars Stendevad Windeballe (Virum, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ostomy system operable to inform an ostomate of an ostomy device condition useful in preventing leakage relative to the ostomy device includes a base plate, an electrode assembly, a coupling part connected to the electrode assembly, and a monitor device ada...