ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,445, issued on June 2, was assigned to OMRON HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Muko, Japan).

"Blood pressure measurement system" was invented by Yuka Kobayashi (Kyoto, Japan), Shingo Yamashita (Kyoto, Japan) and Masaki Yamada (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood pressure measurement system includes a sphygmomanometer having a nighttime blood pressure measurement mode for automatically starting blood pressure measurement according to a predetermined schedule, and an information terminal capable of communicating with the sphygmomanometer. The sphygmomanometer includes a mode operation unit that sets the sphygmomanometer to the nightt...