ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,911, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to OMRON HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Muko, Japan).
"Sphygmomanometer" was invented by Tatsuya Kobayashi (Kyoto, Japan), Hideyuki Yamashita (Kyoto, Japan) and Maya Makita (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the present invention, a blood pressure measuring cuff is worn around a rod-shaped site to be measured of a subject in a circumferential direction. A light projecting unit is disposed only along an edge portion on one side or both sides of the cuff in a width direction, and irradiates a periphery of a target region of the site to be measured with light. A light receiving unit is provided in a...