ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,571, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to RADONOVA LABORATORIES AB (Uppsala, Sweden).

"Device and method for determining radon concentration" was invented by Dag Sedin (Enkoping, Sweden), Christer Frojdh (Sundsvall, Sweden) and Goran Thungstrom (Sundsvall, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for determining radon concentration is provided. The device includes a diffusion chamber, that includes a number of openings that allow radon gas to enter and exit, and a radon sensing arrangement. The radon sensing arrangement includes at least one processing device and one or more detectors, arranged inside the diffusion chamber in s...