US Patent Issued to Nokia Technologies on Oct. 28 for "Apparatus, methods and computer programs for determining pulse wave velocity" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,486, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy (Espoo, Finland).

"Apparatus, methods and computer programs for determining pulse wave velocity" was invented by Harri Lindholm (Helsinki) and Tapio Taipalus (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to apparatus, methods and computer programs for determining pulse wave velocity, The apparatus includes circuitry configured for: receiving a first ballistocardiograph signal indicative of a pulse wave travelling in a first direction at a first time, the pulse wave having a pulse velocity and receiving a second ballistocardiograph signal indicative...