ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,278, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).
"Moisture assessment system and method for wound care" was invented by Jeffrey N. Schoess (Howard Lake, Minn.), Matthew Allen Mueggenberg (Buffalo, Minn.) and Christopher Alan Taylor (Buffalo, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wound dressing for wireless communication with a transceiver includes a radio-frequency antenna circuit disposed on a flexible substrate, and an electrochemical moisture sensor circuit disposed on a surface of the flexible substrate. An adhesive is provided to attach the wound dressing skin of a user. The electrochemical moisture sen...