ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,060, issued on July 14, was assigned to NIHON KOHDEN Corp. (Tokyo).

"Venous pressure testing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, and venous pressure testing method" was invented by Haruka Morimoto (Tokorozawa, Japan) and Naoki Kobayashi (Tokorozawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing apparatus for estimating a central venous pressure by measuring a venous pulse by a sensor at a predetermined measurement position of a target person is equipped with an estimation unit which estimates that the central venous pressure of the target person is lower than a reference venous pressure if the venous pulse is...