ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,816, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Oura Health Oy (Oulu, Finland).

"Functional cover for ring wearable" was invented by Jose Julio Doval (Escondido, Calif.), Avi Halpern (Escondido, Calif.), Gary Watts (Oceanside, Calif.), Jonathan Watson (San Diego), Kirt Alan Winter (San Diego) and Teemu Juhani Haverinen (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for a functional cover are described. A removable cover (e.g., a functional cover) for a wearable ring device (e.g., a ring wearable) may include one or more electrical components positioned at least partially within the removable cover. The removable c...