US Patent Issued to THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE on Aug. 11 for "Wearable system for autonomous detection of asthma symptoms and inhaler use, and for asthma management" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,323, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (Hanover, N.H.).

"Wearable system for autonomous detection of asthma symptoms and inhaler use, and for asthma management" was invented by Kofi Odame (Hanover, N.H.) and Justice Amoh (Hanover, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system adapted to assisting patients manage asthma includes a wearable sensor for detection of asthma symptoms and inhaler use, having a microphone capable of generating an electrical signal indicative of asthma symptoms or inhaler use; a processor with firmware adapted to process the electrical signal to determine potential asthma sym...