ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,069, issued on March 25, was assigned to Sunrise SA (Namur, Belgium).
"System comprising a sensing unit and a device for processing data relating to disturbances that may occur during the sleep of a subject" was invented by Pierre Martinot (Namur, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to devices, systems and methods for detecting disturbances that may occur during the sleep of a subject using measurements and assessments of mandibular rotation and movement of a sleeping subject. A sensing unit may be positioned onto the exterior of the subject's mandible and may generate data measurements corresponding...