US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on March 31 for "Method for monitoring lung integrity" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,831, issued on March 31, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Method for monitoring lung integrity" was invented by Daniel T. DeArmond (Shavano Park, Texas), Lucas M. Holt (Austin, Texas) and Andrew P. Wang (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring impedance from a sensor in the chest of a subject to determine the status of lung inflation or presence of pneumothorax in the subject, the presence of pulmonary edema, the status of regional lung ventilation, and the status of cardiac contractility."

The patent was filed...