ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,825, issued on March 31, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Inflatable cuffs with controllable extensibility" was invented by Derek Park-Shing Young (Fremont, Calif.), Joseph M. Schmitt (Cupertino, Calif.), Zijing Zeng (San Jose, Calif.) and Erno H. Klaassen (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood pressure cuff includes a support band that is selectively reconfigured between a flexible standby configuration and a measurement configuration. A blood pressure cuff includes an inflatable bladder, a support band, and a control unit. The support band is attached to and surrounds the inflatable bladder. The ...