ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,093, issued on July 14, was assigned to UNIVERSITEIT HASSELT (Hasselt, Belgium).
"Penile tumescence measuring device" was invented by Koenraad Van Renterghem (Zonhoven, Belgium), Ronald Thoelen (Zonhoven, Belgium) and Wim Deferme (Hechtel, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a device for measurement of the rigidity and/or tumescence of a penis during a penile tumescent event. In particular, the device of the present invention comprises axial and/or radial monitoring means for monitoring the axial and/or radial tumescence and/or rigidity of a penis during a penile tumescent event. The present in...