ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,252, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).

"Ostomy appliance with leakage detection" was invented by Jais ASK Hansen (Jaegerspris, Denmark), Lars Erup Larsen (Maaloev, Denmark), Niels Hvid (Vedbaek, Denmark), Finn Speiermann (Virum, Denmark) and Klaus Thoegersen (Charlottenlund, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base plate and/or a sensor assembly part for an ostomy appliance and related method is disclosed, the base plate and/or the sensor assembly part comprising: a first adhesive layer with a proximal side configured for attachment of the base plate and/or the sensor assembly part to the ski...