ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,494, issued on July 15, was assigned to CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Las Vegas).
"Ostomy systems and methods" was invented by Robert Fearn (Irvine, Calif.), Asif Shakeel (Irvine, Calif.), David Ramirez-Ayala (Baldwin Park, Calif.), Sabrina Kaefer (Irvine, Calif.), Irina Dorofeeva (Riverside, Calif.), Naresh C. Bhavaraju (Los Angeles), Jeanneane Waddell (Irvine, Calif.) and Thomas Yuschak (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A maintenance bag of an ostomy system can include fewer sensors than a diagnostic or analytic ostomy bag that is typically used for newer users. The maintenance bag can include sensors and electronics to ...