ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,443, issued on June 2, was assigned to LiveMetric (Medical) S.A. (Luxembourg).

"System and method for providing user feedback of blood pressure sensor placement and contact quality" was invented by Adi Efraim Joseph Rabinovich (Netanya, Israel), Nir Efraim Joseph Tal (Haifa, Israel), Tomer Bentzion (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Ori Hay (Aviel, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel and useful system and method for generating user feedback related to the quality of the placement and contact of a blood pressure sensor on a user's body. The sensor is incorporated in a wearable blood pressure measurement device that is capable of analyzin...