ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,196, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BIOPROBER Corp. (Bellevue, Wash.).
"Measuring pulse wave velocity using ultrasound" was invented by Yi Han Hsu (Waterloo, Canada), Adrian Jian Yuan Chee (Waterloo, Canada), Yat Shun Yiu (Waterloo, Canada) and Alfred Cheuk Hang Yu (Waterloo, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is a measure of arterial stiffness and a cardiovascular disease risk factor. Accurate PWV estimation is difficult due to complex arterial dynamics, such as longitudinal motion and natural tissue oscillations. This present disclosure relates to a robust, motion-resistant PWV estimation framework ...