ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,309, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Method, apparatus and computer program product for analysing a pulse wave signal to determine an indication of blood pressure and/or blood pressure change" was invented by Rene Martinus Maria Derkx (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method for analysing a pulse wave signal, PWS, obtained from a subject to determine an indication of the blood pressure or a change in blood pressure of the subject. The PWS comprises pulse wave measurements for a plurality of card...