ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,642, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Guangzhou Medical University (Guangzhou City, China).

"Device and method for monitoring thoracic and abdominal breathing patterns" was invented by Yang Liu (Guangzhou City, China), Guoxi Xie (Guangzhou City, China), Shimei Wang (Guangzhou City, China), Xushi Zhang (Guangzhou City, China) and Keyao Zhang (Guangzhou City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a device and method for monitoring thoracic and abdominal breathing patterns, and relates to the technical field of breathing monitoring. The device includes a wearable vest internally covered with a layer of mem...