US Patent Issued to ARBORSENSE on Sept. 22 for "Wearable alcohol monitoring device" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,745, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to ARBORSENSE INC. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Wearable alcohol monitoring device" was invented by Girish Kulkarni (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Don Kahaian (Farmington, Mich.) and John Ross (Haslett, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wrist-worn device includes a device housing, an electrochemical sensor, control circuitry, optional tamper sensors, and a water-absorbing material. The device housing includes an upper housing and a lower housing attached to the upper housing. The lower housing includes a top wall and a circumferential side wall. The top wall defines a first access opening. The device housing ...