US Patent Issued to OMRON HEALTHCARE on Sept. 29 for "Electronic sphygmomanometer and method for determining atrial fibrillation in an electronic sphygmomanometer" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,966, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to OMRON HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Muko, Japan).

"Electronic sphygmomanometer and method for determining atrial fibrillation in an electronic sphygmomanometer" was invented by Yukiya Sawanoi (Kyoto, Japan), Terumasa Naito (Kyoto, Japan), Hiroyuki Kanda (Kyoto, Japan), Yuta Kudo (Kyoto, Japan) and Tatsunori Ito (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic sphygmomanometer includes a cuff pressure control unit, a pressure detection unit, and a blood pressure measurement unit that extracts a pulse wave signal and measures blood pressure based on the pulse wave signal. A pulse wave interval...