ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,070, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Health Gauge Inc. (Edmonton, Canada).

"Wearable health monitors and methods of monitoring health" was invented by Bruce Matichuk (Edmonton, Canada), Randy Duguay (Edmonton, Canada), William Parker (Edmonton, Canada), Mathew Moore (Edmonton, Canada) and Tim Antoniuk (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wearable technologies, such as wearable health monitors, and methods of use are provided. In some embodiments, the wearable technology can be worn at the wrist of an individual and can use an accelerometer, pulse oximeter, and electrocardiogram to measure heart rate, oxygen saturation, b...