ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,098, issued on July 14, was assigned to Movano Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Finger wearable health monitoring device" was invented by Hector Realubit (North Hollywood, Calif.), Gabriel Cohn (Mill Valley, Calif.) and Michael A. Leabman (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A finger wearable health monitoring device is disclosed. In an embodiment, a finger wearable health monitoring device includes a circular metal shell, the circular metal shell comprising a strip of metal that includes an outer surface and an inner surface and two opposing ends, sensor electronics adjacent the inner surface of the circular metal shell, an...