ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,844, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to OXIWEAR INC. (Arlington, Va.).

"Wearable earpiece oxygen monitor" was invented by Shavini Fernando (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for monitoring an oxygen saturation level of a wearer of the apparatus includes a processor, a memory operably coupled to the processor, a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a connection member. The first housing portion includes at least one light-emitting diode (LED), and the second housing portion includes a photodetector. The connection member is mechanically coupled to each of the first housing portion and the secon...