US Patent Issued to DUKE UNIVERSITY, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY on Sept. 2 for "Voice therapy device and system" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,356, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to DUKE UNIVERSITY (Durham, N.C.) and NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Voice therapy device and system" was invented by Sandeep Bhatt (Raleigh, N.C.), Dennis Frank-Ito (Durham, N.C.) and Kelly A. Umstead (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voice therapy device including a body having an internal passageway with a longitudinal axis that defines an airflow direction; a mouthpiece positioned at a proximal end of the body; and a resistance portion positioned at a distal end of the body, where the resistance portion is adjustable to vary an airflow resistance through the in...