ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,884, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daegu, South Korea) and RESEARCH COOPERATION FOUNDATIONOF YEUNGNAMUNIVERSITY (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea).

"Bladder monitoring device and method using ultrasonic sensor" was invented by Sungwon Lee (Dangjin-si, South Korea), Younghwii Ko (Daegu, South Korea) and Yeonghun Yun (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a bladder monitoring apparatus including: an ultrasonic sensor module including an ultrasonic sensor configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave toward a front wall of a bladder and receive the reflected ultras...