ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,804, issued on March 17, was assigned to Edgecare Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Bladder volume measuring device" was invented by Yul Young Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Wook Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jung Jun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the bladder volume measuring device according to the present invention, it is possible to more accurately measure the amount of urine contained in the bladder by calculating the bladder volume according to the first straight line and the second straight line crossing the inside of the bladder region included in the cross-sectional image including the bla...