US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on Jan. 20 for "Determining blood pressure using photoplethysmography (PPG)" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,481, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Determining blood pressure using photoplethysmography (PPG)" was invented by Markku Salkola (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining physiological characteristics is provided. The method involves causing light to be emitted by one or more light emitters toward a tissue of a user. The method involves obtaining samples of transmitted and/or reflected light. The method involves determining photoplethysmography (PPG) data based on the obtained samples. The method involves providing the PPG data as an input to a...