ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,592, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).

"Weight management device and biological information monitoring system" was invented by Norihito Iida (Nagano, Japan) and Toshiaki Nishimura (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weight management device is used in a biological information monitoring system configured to monitor biological information of a subject on a bed (BD), based on a detection value of a load detector (LS1, LS2, LS3, LS4) configured to detect a load of the subject. The weight management device includes a housing, a display provided at an outer surface of the housing and conf...