US Patent Issued to Apple on March 18 for "Blood pressure monitoring system including a liquid filled sensor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,204, issued on March 18, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Blood pressure monitoring system including a liquid filled sensor" was invented by Caleb C. Han (San Jose, Calif.), Patrick E. O'Brien (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Tongbi T. Jiang (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to a blood pressure measurement device that includes a strap configured to couple the blood pressure measurement device to a user, an air pump coupled to the strap and having a housing defining a surface facing the user, and an inflatable chamber positioned on the surface of the air pump and fluidly coupled to t...