ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,879, issued on July 29, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).
"Transcutaneous sound sensor" was invented by John M. Squeri (Downingtown, Pa.), Christopher J. Vecchio (Philadelphia) and Minghua Xu (Hockessin, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to transcutaneous sound sensors. In at least one embodiment, a transcutaneous sound sensor system comprises a mounting unit and a sound sensor. The mounting unit detachably connects to an electronics unit and mounts to skin on a body. The sound sensor senses sounds originating from inside the body. The sound sensor comprises an...