US Patent Issued to POLITECNICO DI MILANO on April 15 for "Device for training and monitoring the respiratory system" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,916, issued on April 15, was assigned to POLITECNICO DI MILANO (Milan).

"Device for training and monitoring the respiratory system" was invented by Stefano Maffei (Sassuolo, Italy), Aurelie Marie Glaser (Milan) and Massimo Bianchini (Lentate sul Seveso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for training and monitoring the respiratory system comprises a main body, which defines an inhalation chamber and an exhalation chamber communicating with the external environment by means of respective external seats and interconnected by a central chamber. A mouthpiece can be further placed in fluid communication alternatively with the in...