ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,907, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY) (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for estimating blood pressure" was invented by Sang Kon Bae (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Joon-Hyuk Chang (Seoul, South Korea), Chang Mok Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youn Ho Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jin Woo Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jehyun Kyung (Seoul, South Korea), Tae-Jun Park (Seoul, South Korea), Joon-Young Yang (Seoul, South Korea) and Inmo Yeon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatu...