ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,633, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to OMRON HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Biometric information measuring device" was invented by Kentaro Mori (Kyoto, Japan), Takeshi Kubo (Kyoto, Japan) and Yasuo Asano (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biometric information measuring device includes a blood pressure measurement unit including a cuff configured to compress a target measurement site of a subject, a pump configured to supply a gas into the cuff, an exhaust valve configured to adjust discharge of the gas from within the cuff, a pressure detection unit configured to detect a cuff pressure that is a pressure in the cuf...