ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,726, issued on Sept. 16.

"Apparatus for early detection of cardiac amyloidosis" was invented by Reynolds Delgado (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved wearable device for detecting progression of Cardiac Amyloidosis based on changes in relative values of characteristics of P-wave and R-wave is disclosed. In an embodiment of the invention, two electrodes the device are connected to user's skin surface to obtain traces of ECG signals. Thereafter, correction factors are determined for the obtained traces of ECG signals. A microprocessor included in the device applies correction factors on the traces of ECG signals to obta...