ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,109, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC (Dublin).

"Direct current (DC) voltage respiration detector" was invented by Joseph L. Sullivan (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies and implementations for determining a respiration rate of a person from heart rate monitoring signal is disclosed."

The patent was filed on Oct. 1, 2020, under Application No. 17/061,551.

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