ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,845, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Methods for managing remaining wear time of a medical appliance and related accessory devices" was invented by Mads Hindhede Svanegaard (Bagsvaerd, Denmark), Esben Stroebech (Hoersholm, Denmark), Jacob Eisenberg (Greve, Denmark), Carsten Hellum Olsen (Frederiksberg, Denmark), Jeppe Malmberg (Copenhagen V, Denmark) and Alex Poulsen (Vaerloese, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method, performed in an accessory device, for managing remaining wear time of the ostomy appliance (e.g. managing remaining wear time of the ostomy ...