ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,437, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Obtaining blood pressure measurements" was invented by Rashmee Shah (Salt Lake City), Myriam Amsallem (San Francisco), Kevin Kai-Feng Chiou (Hawthorn Woods, Ill.) and Teodora Sandra Buda (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and media for determining blood pressure measurements are provided. In some embodiments, a method for determining blood pressure measurements comprises: obtaining a set of photoplethysmography (PPG) signals using a wearable device worn by a user; determining that a blood pressure of the user i...