ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,240, issued on May 20.
"Non-invasive non-compressive blood pressure monitoring device" was invented by Jeffrey Thomas Loh (Honolulu).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood pressure monitoring device includes a wrist strap, a case, and a display. The strap portion is adapted to fasten the device to the wrist without occluding blood flow. At least one doppler probe is arranged within the case for obtaining doppler signals from an artery in the wrist. A processor within the case is operable to compute mean arterial pressure, and optionally diastolic and systolic blood pressure based on the doppler signals. Related methods are also descri...