ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,266, issued on June 30, was assigned to JB HealthTech (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).
"Accurate continuous blood pressure measurement device" was invented by Sharon Xiaorong Wang (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Jason Andrew Chen (Boston) and William Barry Chen-Mertens (Redondo Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous blood pressure measurement device includes a cuff airbag pneumatically connected to an inflation/deflation unit and a pressure detection unit. The device also comprises at least one light-emitting diode, at least one photodiode, and a volume detection unit configured to convert photoplethysmogram sig...