US Patent Issued to Hill-Rom Services on May 20 for "Therapeutic technique using electrical impedance spectroscopy" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,455, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hill-Rom Services Inc. (Batesville, Ind.).

"Therapeutic technique using electrical impedance spectroscopy" was invented by Craig M. Meyerson (Syracuse, N.Y.) and Gene J. Wolfe (Pittsford, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of monitoring medical therapies performed by wearable devices using electrical probes. In one example, a pulmonary physiotherapy device implements a treatment protocol function gated and modulated using electrical impedance sensors and metrics. The sensors operate to measure electrical impedance of bodily tissue. An electronic controller controls operation...