US Patent Issued to Respinor AS on Dec. 30 for "Acoustic coupling device and method of using the device" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,989, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Respinor AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Acoustic coupling device and method of using the device" was invented by David Gerez (Oslo, Norway), Marit Mellemseter (Oslo, Norway) and Jessica Thomasson (Oslo, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic coupling device includes a base tape member having a hole, and a sensor side and a skin side each having an adhesive material thereon. The device further includes a tray removably attached to cover the skin side of the base tape member. The tray includes an indentation, which defines a concave face facing the hole, and a flat portion surrounding the indenta...