ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,021, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Wearable device for noninvasive body temperature measurement" was invented by Ammar Al-ALi (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Stephen Scruggs (Newport Beach, Calif.), Joel Amposta (Irvine, Calif.) and Valery G. Telfort (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable device configured to secure to skin of a user and noninvasively measure body temperature of the user can include first and second pairs of temperature sensors configured to generate one or more signals responsive to detected thermal energy, a thermally conductive element positioned at least part...