ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,073, issued on June 3, was assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, France).
"Apparatus for sensing biometric parameters" was invented by Akshat Agarwal (Clonmagadden, Ireland) and Diarmuid O'Connell (Athy, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of the disclosure relate to an apparatus for sensing biometric parameters. The apparatus may comprise heat transfer means configured to transfer heat from a first location to a location proximate to a subject's sweat glands. The apparatus may also comprise sweat transfer means configured to transfer sweat from the location proximate to a subject's sweat glands to one or more sensors ...