ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,746, issued on March 17, was assigned to Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Technologies Co. Ltd. (Guangzhou, China).

"Blood pressure measurement device and method for measuring blood pressure" was invented by Jun-Wen Chung (Tainan City, Taiwan), Hsu-Wen Fu (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan), Za-Hara Fu (Guangzhou, China) and Chia-Hao Chang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood pressure measurement device includes a substrate, a protrusion portion, an image sensor, a first light source, a second light source, and a control and processing unit. A plurality of hollow portions is disposed within and enclosed by the protrusion...