ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,084, issued on Dec. 23.

"Healthcare device for persons suffering from chronic respiratory diseases" was invented by Anika Bhat (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A healthcare device for asthmatic patients that can help in reducing and avoiding risk factors that can trigger one or more symptoms of asthma. The healthcare device includes an infrared sensor, a pulse oximeter sensor, a UV sensor, an atmospheric sensor, and an air quality sensor for measuring values of different risk factors including ambient temperature, body temperature, blood oxygen saturation level, heart rate, intensity of ultraviolet radiations, humidity...