ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,762, issued on March 17, was assigned to NTT INC. (Tokyo).

"Wearable sensor and sweating analysis device" was invented by Yuki Hashimoto (Tokyo), Kei Kuwabara (Tokyo) and Hiroyoshi Togo (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable sensor includes: a base member which is worn on a body of a wearer; a hole-like flow passage which penetrates through the base member; a sensor part which detects a signal as to electrical characteristics of a solution inside the flow passage; and a heater which is located in the base member in such a way as to enclose the flow passage."

The patent was filed on March 25, 2020, under Application No. 17...