ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,791, issued on June 24, was assigned to LIFEWARE LABS LLC (Pittsburgh).

"Chest-worn device and related system for compact and portable physiological monitoring" was invented by Alexandros Charalambides (Pittsburgh), Emily Lickert (Canonsburg, Pa.) and Rohith Krishnan Pillai (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body-worn patch to be worn by a patient, wherein the body-worn patch comprises a plurality of sensors and a controller. The plurality of sensors comprises a biopotential sensor capable of measuring an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal, an inertial measurement unit capable of measuring a seismocardiogram (SCG) signal, and a...