US Patent Issued to Apple on Sept. 1 for "Non-invasive blood pressure measurement techniques based on wave shape change during an external pressure cycle" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,532, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Non-invasive blood pressure measurement techniques based on wave shape change during an external pressure cycle" was invented by Robert K. Montgomery II (Cupertino, Calif.) and Chin San Han (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include systems and methods for determining blood pressure of a user. Embodiments can include a restriction device that is configured to apply an external pressure cycle to a blood vessel of the user and a pressure sensing device that is configured to detect pressures within the blood vessel during the external...