US Patent Issued to National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University on Sept. 9 for "Vocalization assistance device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,029, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University (Tokyo).

"Vocalization assistance device" was invented by Haruka Tohara (Tokyo), Taishi Yamada (Tokyo), Kazuharu Nakagawa (Tokyo), Kohei Yamaguchi (Tokyo) and Daiki Mizuguchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vocalization assistance device includes: a mounting body that is mounted in an oral cavity of a person and that has a facing portion facing a palate of the person; a diaphragm that is provided at the facing portion and that is capable of outputting a sound recorded by a device having a recording function, as an orig...