ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,983, issued on June 16, was assigned to MOONBIRD BV (Keerbergen, Belgium).
"Respiration guidance device" was invented by Ward Adriaenssen (Schoten, Belgium), Tim Ruytjens (Mortsel, Belgium), Martijn Vanschoenwinkel (Mechelen, Belgium) and Michael Broes (Keerbergen, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various example embodiments relate to a respiration guidance device including: an outer casing configured to change shape; and a drive unit located within the outer casing and configured to change the shape of the outer casing according to a desired breathing pattern; and the outer casing has at least one slit dividing the outer casin...