ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,578, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Liquid sensing in ostomy appliance" was invented by Jesper Kenneth Olsen (Birkeroed, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ostomy system comprising a monitor device and an ostomy appliance is disclosed, the ostomy appliance comprising a sensor assembly comprising three or more electrodes including a first, second and third electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode form a primary sensor, and the first electrode and the third electrode form a secondary sensor. The monitor device is configured to determine a first value of an electrical quanti...