ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,050, issued on April 7, was assigned to OMRON HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Wheeze detection device" was invented by Masayuki Fukutsuka (Kyoto, Japan), Katsuyoshi Morita (Kyoto, Japan), Hiroshi Ogawa (Kyoto, Japan) and Seiji Fukunaga (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheeze detection device that allows suppressing a noise and improving detection accuracy of wheezing. The device includes a first microphone configured by a MEMS microphone, a space-forming member (a first housing, an O-ring, a flexible circuit board, and a second housing) forming an accommodation space that accommodates the first microphone, and a ho...