US Patent Issued to THE ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH on June 17 for "Photoplethysmography in combination with medical devices" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,974, issued on June 17, was assigned to THE ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (Valencia, Calif.).

"Photoplethysmography in combination with medical devices" was invented by Brian Mech (Buffalo, Minn.) and Robert Greenberg (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides systems and methods for detecting, monitoring, and/or treating obstructive sleep apnea, as well as other conditions, using vital sign and/or biometric data collected and/or imputed from one or more photoplethysmography sensors in conjunction with vital sign and/or biometric data from one or more additional sensors such as activity, b...