ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,979, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Blood pressure estimating device" was invented by Toru Shimuta (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A signal processor of a blood pressure estimating device includes a pulse wave transit time acquirer that acquires a pulse wave transit time based on a pulse wave signal detected by a photoplethysmographic sensor and an electrocardiographic signal, a time measurer that measures a time elapsed from when acquisition of the pulse wave transit time is started, and a blood pressure estimator that estimates a blood pressure based on a predeter...