US Patent Issued to Wayne State University on May 5 for "Wearable mechano-acoustic sensor" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,382, issued on May 5, was assigned to Wayne State University (Detroit).

"Wearable mechano-acoustic sensor" was invented by Yong Xu (Troy, Mich.), Zhiguo Zhao (Southfield, Mich.), Xiaoce Feng (Southfield, Mich.) and Xiaoyu Chen (Southfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable mechano-acoustic sensor for continuous cardiorespiratory monitoring, and methods of making and using the same. The sensor includes a diaphragm with a chamber and a channel connected to the chamber, a plurality of electrodes including at least an anode and a cathode extending into the channel, and a liquid electrolyte solution that fills the chamber and ...