ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,529, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Noninvasive blood pressure monitoring system and method" was invented by Rene Coffeng (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of measuring noninvasive blood pressure includes determining a window for pulse detection for a patient, receiving a pressure signal measured from a measure sensor in a blood pressure cuff, and setting a pulse detection period for each heart beat based on the window and a heart beat indicator indicating at least one heart beat time for the patient. The pressure signal is then examined within each pulse detection...