ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,979, issued on April 1, was assigned to Empatica Srl (Milan).
"Device, system and method for detection and processing of heartbeat signals" was invented by Simone Tognetti (Vimodrone, Italy), Ivan Cenci (Verucchio, Italy), Daniele Resnati (Carate Brianza, Italy), Maurizio Garbarino (Turin, Italy) and Matteo Lai (San Sperate, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heart beat detection device comprises at least one optical reflection sensor to be positioned on the skin of a person. The sensor unit is provided with a light emitter and a corresponding light receiver which converts the light reflected by the skin into an electric signal a...