ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,649, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Apparatus and methods for determining medical appliance wear time based on location data" was invented by Mads Hindhede Svanegaard (Bagsvaerd, Denmark), Esben Stroebech (Hoersholm, Denmark), Jacob Eisenberg (Greve, Denmark), Carsten Hellum Olsen (Frederiksberg, Denmark), Jeppe Malmberg (Copenhagen V, Denmark) and Alex Poulsen (Vaerloese, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments for determining an ostomy appliance wear time based on location data are disclosed. In an embodiment, an accessory device for an ostomy system comprises a monitor device and...