ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,857, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to OMRON HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Muko, Japan).

"Blood pressure value analysis support apparatus, blood pressure value analysis support system, and blood pressure value analysis support method" was invented by Tatsunori Ito (Kyoto, Japan), Shingo Yamashita (Kyoto, Japan), Mitsuo Kuwabara (Kyoto, Japan), Yuki Ota (Kyoto, Japan) and Ayako Kokubo (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood pressure value analysis support apparatus includes a one-beat reliability determination unit and section setting unit. The determination unit determines reliability of a blood pressure value for each beat includ...