ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,355, issued on April 14, was assigned to BINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Hangzhou, China).

"Stethoscope kit" was invented by Weize Xu (Hangzhou, China) and Qiang Shu (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stethoscope kit includes a storage cylinder, a protective shell and an electronic stethoscope. The storage cylinder includes a base and a cylinder body. The protective shell is configured to be sleeved on the cylinder body. Two sides of the cylinder body are each symmetrically provided with a groove. A bottom of the groove is provided with an accommodating groove configured to accommodate the electronic stetho...