ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,184, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to OtoNexus Medical Technologies Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Wearable auscultation device" was invented by Mark A. Moehring (Seattle) and Anthony J. Alleman (Snohomish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are systems, devices, and methods to measure auditory signals from a subject to determine a state of a subject. The auditory signals measured may provide a tool to monitor the development of disease state(s) or abnormal physiologic conditions (e.g., wheezing, fluid accumulation, abnormal heart murmur or rhythm, etc)."

The patent was filed on Feb. 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/...