ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,002, issued on April 7, was assigned to OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).

"Device for monitoring the health of a person" was invented by Jeroen Bergmann (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first aspect of the invention provides a device for monitoring the health of a person, comprising: a frame configured to be worn within the mouth of the person; a microphone, mounted to or within the frame, for measuring sound data; and an accelerometer, mounted to or within the frame, for measuring acceleration data; wherein the sound data is for determining breathing data relating to the person's breat...