ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,534, issued on June 17, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Biological examination device and biological information analysis method" was invented by Yasuaki Nakamura (Tokyo), Akihiko Kandori (Tokyo) and Tomohiko Mizuguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a biological examination apparatus and a biological information analysis method capable of quickly grasping a two-dimensional motions of the up-down and front-back directions of the thyroid cartilage and the lingual bone accompanied by a swallowing sound as swallowing dynamics by a non-invasive examination. In the biological examination apparatus of the pre...