ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,853, issued on July 29, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).
"Ostomy system for predicting a site of leakage" was invented by Finn Nielsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Torben Holst Nielsen (Hedehusene, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ostomy system, a sensor assembly (310) for an ostomy appliance of an ostomy system, and a method related to the ostomy system is disclosed. The ostomy appliance comprises a first adhesive layer (80), a sensor assembly (310), and a monitor device. The sensor assembly (310) comprises a first sensor (311) at least partly encircling the centre point and a second sensor (312) at least pa...