ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,919, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Portable device for estimating the partial pressure of blood gas" was invented by Pierre Grangeat (Grenoble, France), Marc Accensi (Grenoble, France), Sadok Gharbi (Grenoble, France) and Henri Grateau (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measuring device, intended to be placed on the skin of a human-being or animal user, the device extending between a contact face and a far end, the device including a side wall that extends between the contact face and the far end, on the contact face, at least one aperture t...