ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,758, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Biological information monitoring apparatus and magnetic resonance apparatus" was invented by Takafumi Ohishi (Yokohama, Japan) and Sadanori Tomiha (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a biological information monitoring apparatus includes: an antenna assembly including at least one antenna, the antenna assembly being disposed close to an object; a signal generator configured to generate a high-frequency signal; and a displacement detection circuit configured to detect a physical displacement of the object based on t...