US Patent Issued to Ezer Enterprises on Oct. 6 for "Remote monitoring based wearable apparatus and related method for opioid overdose detection and antidote delivery" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,665, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Ezer Enterprises LLC (Dedham, Mass.).

"Remote monitoring based wearable apparatus and related method for opioid overdose detection and antidote delivery" was invented by Irving D. Kaplan (Dedham, Mass.) and Edward J. Holupka (Medway, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel and useful respiratory monitoring system and related methods that can interact with an opioid user and initiate a lifesaving drug injection process to mitigate opioid induced respiratory depression in an opioid user when opioid induced respiratory depression is detected. The system and methods include a wearable device tha...