ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,270, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Coloplast A/S (Humlebaek, Denmark).
"Medical appliance" was invented by Jesper Kenneth Olsen (Birkeroed, Denmark) and Kamilla Grove Sund (Alleroed, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical appliance (100) being substantially planar and extending in an appliance plane. The medical appliance comprises a first area (111) and a second area (112) in the appliance plane, the medical appliance having a first Young's modulus in the first area and a second Young's modulus in the second area being greater than the first Young's modulus. The medical appliance comprises one or more conductive trace...