ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,508, issued on July 8, was assigned to Element Science Inc. (San Francisco).

"Wearable devices" was invented by Uday N. Kumar (San Francisco), Timothy Bahney (Edwards, Colo.), Maarten Dinger (San Francisco), Pedram Afshar (San Francisco), Jay Dhuldhoya (San Francisco), Riley Marangi (San Francisco), Kevin M. Farino (Medford, Mass.), Christopher J. Hasser (Lotus, Calif.), Zachary J. Malchano (Boston) and Frank Garcia (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wearable devices are provided herein including wearable defibrillators, wearable devices for diagnosing symptoms associated with sleep apnea, and wearable devices for di...