ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,283, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hourglass Medical LLC (Monticello, Ill.).

"Eyeglasses nose piece switch" was invented by Jeremy B. Ross (Monticello, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Eyewear or other head-worn apparatus are fitted with an activation accessory that includes one or more switch elements integrated with or attached to a nose piece of the eyewear. The switch elements are communicably coupled to a processor-based controller so as to provide input signals to the controller responsive to wearer-initiated activations of the switch elements through interaction with a frame or temple piece of the eyewear. Upon receipt...