ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,757, issued on March 24, was assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Medical wetness sensing devices and related systems and methods" was invented by Colin Weaver (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Martin Joseph Crnkovich (Walnut Creek, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical wetness sensing device includes a base adapted to be disposed on a wearer of the medical wetness sensing device. The base includes a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor electrically insulated from the first electrical conductor. The first electrical conductor includes a hinge portion enabling a first portion of...