ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,521, issued on March 18, was assigned to Sleep Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Stress reduction and sleep promotion system" was invented by Tara Youngblood (Mooresville, N.C.) and Todd Youngblood (Mooresville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides systems, methods, and articles for stress reduction and sleep promotion. A stress reduction and sleep promotion system includes at least one remote device, at least one body sensor, and at least one remote server. In other embodiments, the stress reduction and sleep promotion system includes machine learning."

The patent was filed on Jan. 23, 2024, under A...