US Patent Issued to KONICA MINOLTA on Feb. 3 for "Photoelectric volume pulse wave sensor and pulse wave detection method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,045, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric volume pulse wave sensor and pulse wave detection method" was invented by Kosuke Ando (Akishima, Japan), Shusaku Kon (Hino, Japan) and Ryo Nakabayashi (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric volume pulse wave sensor includes a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element. Electrodes constituting the light-emitting element or the light-receiving element are surface electrodes. At least one electrode among the electrodes is also used as an electrode that detects body motion."

The patent was filed on March 14, 2022, under A...