ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,136, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Calibration methods for ostomy appliance tools" was invented by Jais Ask Hansen (Jaegerspris, Denmark), Niels Hvid (Vedbaek, Denmark), Daniel Gewecke Daugaard-Jensen (Frederiksberg, Denmark), Peter Flintholm Soerensen (Aarhus C, Denmark), Dan Boegsted Andersen (Copenhagen OE, Denmark) and Niels Kristian Makinen Andersen (Glostrup, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating an accessory device to capture calibration data. The method can include capturing an image of a portion of a user's body that includes the user's stoma and at least two ...