ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,039, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to OMRON HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Flow path plate unit and blood pressure measurement device" was invented by Takashi Ono (Kyoto, Japan), Yoshihide Tokko (Kyoto, Japan) and Masaki Harada (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow path plate unit includes a first flow path plate with at least one surface being formed in a planar shape; a second flow path plate with one surface, which is opposed to the surface of the planar shape of the first flow path plate, being formed in a planar shape; and an attachment member including a notch formed in a shape of a flow path, and being co...