ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,425, issued on March 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for estimating blood pressure" was invented by Jin Woo Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Min Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Woo Noh (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Sang Yun Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Hye Rim Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for estimating blood pressure is provided. According to one embodiment, the apparatus for estimating blood pressure may include: a first sensor configured to obtain a pulse wave signal of a green wavelength from an object when the object i...