ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,241, issued on June 3, was assigned to OMRON HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Biological sound measurement device" was invented by Masayuki Fukutsuka (Kyoto, Japan), Katsuyoshi Morita (Kyoto, Japan), Kosuke Inoue (Kyoto, Japan), Seiji Fukunaga (Kyoto, Japan), Tsuyoshi Ogihara (Kyoto, Japan), Masahiko Yumoto (Kyoto, Japan) and Yuki Takuma (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a biological sound measurement device to improve a measurement accuracy, that includes a sound measurement unit having a contact surface configured to be brought into contact with a body surface, and a gripping portion supporting the sound m...