US Patent Issued to Tournicare on March 25 for "Clamping devices and methods for measuring blood pressure" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,077, issued on March 25, was assigned to Tournicare Pty Ltd (Camberwell, Australia).

"Clamping devices and methods for measuring blood pressure" was invented by Niels van Sparrentak (Camberwell, Australia) and Rohan White (Camberwell, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping device for reducing blood flow in a human limb comprises a first rigid part having a first inner profile, and a second rigid part having a second inner profile generally facing the first inner profile. A coupling portion couples the first rigid part and second rigid part to each other. The first inner profile extends further away from the coupling por...