ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,243, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to NXP B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Bio-impedance measurement using voltage to current conversion" was invented by Muhammad Kamran (Helmond, Netherlands), Harry Neuteboom (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Costantino Ligouras (Utrecht, Netherlands), Sergio Andres Rueda Gomez (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Dave Sebastiaan Kroekenstoel (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Rinze Ida Mechtildis Peter Meijer (Herkenbosch, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus are described for bio-impedance measurement using voltage to current conversion. In one example, a bio-impedance transducer includes an in...