ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,641, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Aerosol-generating system comprising a health monitoring device" was invented by Michel Bessant (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Simon Flury (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Axel Teichert (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a health monitoring device including a sensor to collect health data from a user, a controller to receive the health data and determine a health parameter based on the data, and a health monitoring device power supply to supply electrical power to the control...