ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,244, issued on May 20, was assigned to LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A. (Luxembourg).

"System for recording the breathing efforts of a patient" was invented by Peter Kremeier (Karlsruhe, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system for recording breathing efforts of a patient, which comprises a pressure determination device for determining a transpulmonary pressure at the point in time of the breathing effort of the patient. The invention moreover relates to a unit for recording the optimum filling volume of the balloon of an esophageal catheter."

The patent was filed on Jan. 29, 2019, under Applicatio...