ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,031, issued on June 23, was assigned to Ventilytics GmbH i. Gr. (Heuchelheim, Germany).

"Measuring apparatus" was invented by Alexander Zorn (Heuchelheim, Germany) and Steffen Fuchs (Lahnau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measuring device for determining the CO2 content in the exhaled air of a living being, for example, a person or a mammal. The device may have a measuring tube defined by a wall, said measuring tube having an air inlet and an air outlet, with an inlet and an air outlet, with a CO2 measuring device having a sensor pot which is in fluid communication with the measuring tube. The sensor pot extends through the...