US Patent Issued to AQUAPASS on June 30 for "Method and apparatus for early detection of worsening heart failure" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,264, issued on June 30, was assigned to AQUAPASS LTD (Or-Akiva, Israel).

"Method and apparatus for early detection of worsening heart failure" was invented by Yaacov Nitzan (Hertzelia, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides methods and devices for evaluating a patient's heath by assessing the patient's thermoregulatory response to heat. For example, methods include applying heat to patient skin and measuring rate of temperature change. If the rate of temperature change exceeds a pre-determined threshold, the patient can be identified as suffering from acute heart failure."

The patent was filed on Oct. 26, 202...