ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,858, issued on April 22, was assigned to TF HEALTH CORP. (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Self-contained wearable metabolic analyzer" was invented by Xiaojun Xian (Chandler, Ariz.), Devon Bridgeman (Mesa, Ariz.), Francis Tsow (Tampa, Fla.), Erica Forzani (Mesa, Ariz.) and Nongjian Tao (Fountain Hills, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stand-alone, fully integrated self-contained wearable metabolic analyzer for metabolic rate and respiratory quotient measurement. It includes a device body, disposable mask, and headgear. The device body comprises multiple different miniaturized modules, including a colorimetric sensing module, flow module, control...