US Patent Issued to ROCKLEY PHOTONICS on July 1 for "Photonic pressure sensor" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,564, issued on July 1, was assigned to ROCKLEY PHOTONICS Ltd. (Altrincham, Great Britain).

"Photonic pressure sensor" was invented by Guomin Yu (Glendora, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor. In some embodiments, the sensor includes a first waveguide, a flexible support element, and a second waveguide. A first portion of the first waveguide may be supported by the flexible support element and separated by a first gap from a second portion of the first waveguide. The flexible support element may be capable of bending so as to cause an effective index of refraction of the first waveguide to change. The first waveguide may be ...