ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,241, issued on May 20, was assigned to OMRON HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Muko, Japan).

"Sphygmomanometer, blood pressure calculation method, and computer-readable recording medium" was invented by Mika Ezoe (Kyoto, Japan), Yukiya Sawanoi (Kyoto, Japan) and Shingo Yamashita (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention has a normal blood pressure measurement mode in which a blood pressure measurement is performed according to a blood pressure measurement instruction, and a nighttime blood pressure measurement mode in which a blood pressure measurement is automatically started according to a predetermined schedule. When b...