ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,808, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NTT INC. (Tokyo).
"Method and device for measuring concentration of component" was invented by Masahito Nakamura (Tokyo), Yujiro Tanaka (Tokyo), Michiko Seyama (Tokyo) and Daichi Matsunaga (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressurizing unit applies pressure around a measurement site of a measurement subject so as to suppress blood flow at the measurement site during a set pressurizing time. While the pressurizing unit is applying pressure around the measurement site, a detection unit detects a photoacoustic signal generated at the measurement site irradiated with a light beam. The detection...