ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,038, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan) and OMRON HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Blood pressure measurement device" was invented by Takanori Nishioka (Kyoto, Japan) and Takashi Ono (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood pressure measurement device attachable to the wrist includes a curler that curves along a circumferential direction of the wrist from a backhand side of the wrist along one side of the wrist to a region on a palm-side of the wrist where at least an artery resides, a device body provided on the curler on the backhand-side of the wrist, a sensing cuff provided on the curler...