US Patent Issued to Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) on Oct. 27 for "Tumescence monitoring system for diagnosing erectile dysfunction and methods of use" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,160, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (EPFL) (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Tumescence monitoring system for diagnosing erectile dysfunction and methods of use" was invented by Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva (Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland), Nikolaos Stergiopulos (Preverenges, Switzerland) and Chris Steven Braissant (Oron-la-Ville, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for monitoring penile tumescence are provided that overcome the drawbacks of previously known systems by providing a wearable formed of a flexible and elastic tube having a plurality of sensors disposed on or em...