ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,385, issued on May 5, was assigned to OMRON HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Fluid circuit and blood pressure measurement device" was invented by Yuki Takano (Kyoto, Japan) and Yoshihide Tokko (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid circuit of a blood pressure measurement device includes a first cuff connected to a secondary side of a pump that supplies a fluid to a secondary side, a second cuff connected to a secondary side of the first cuff, a first valve provided between the first cuff and the second cuff, the first valve that closes when a differential pressure between the first cuff and the second cuff reaches a p...