ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,740, issued on April 15, was assigned to CareFusion 303 Inc. (San Diego).

"Self-adjusting biometric sensor" was invented by David Hoard (Escondido, Calif.), Michael Becker (San Diego), Matias Negatu (San Diego), Benjamin Greuel (Neenah, Wis.) and Mariano Padilla (Zapopan, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biometric sensor may include a scanner configured to capture a biometric data and an adjustment mechanism configured to respond to a force applied to the biometric sensor by shifting the biometric sensor from a neutral position to an adjusted position. The adjustment mechanism may be configured to respond to the removal of the ...