ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,965, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method and device for checking vital parameters" was invented by Anne Serout (Aidlingen, Germany) and Johannes Meyer (Haseluenne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for checking vital parameters. A quantitative determination of distance and/or thickness of components of the eye is performed on the basis of data of a laser feedback interferometry measurement of a human eye. A change of at least one vital parameter is ascertained in the ascertainment of a change over time of a determined distance and/or of a determined thickness of a component...