ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,545, issued on March 24, was assigned to LIBERTYSOLUTION Co. LTD (Matsue, Japan).

"Cup for automatic excretion treating apparatus and automatic excretion treating apparatus" was invented by Miyuki Furuta (Matsue, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cup for an automatic excretion treating apparatus provided in an automatic excretion treating apparatus configured to automatically perform excretion treatment of a person dependent on care includes a cup main body attached to the body of the person dependent on care and configured to receive excrement, and an expansion body provided between the cup main body and the body, expanding to...