ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,026, issued on April 7.
"Auricular sleep monitoring systems and ear-canal pulse oximeter" was invented by David C. Shaw (Torrance, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel auricular sleep monitoring systems and ear-canal pulse oximeter may be configured to be coupled to a wearer's ear or peri-auricular area. The sleep monitoring systems may include one or more of an auricular electrooculogram (EOG) system; an auricular electroencephalogram (EEG) system; an auricular electrocardiogram (ECG) system; and an ancillary sleep surveillance system, comprising a conventional pulse oximeter or a novel ear-canal pulse oximeter and other slee...