ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,646, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to OPUM TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Wearable device for determining motion and/or a physiological state of a wearer" was invented by Andrew John McDaid (New Lynn, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a wearable device for determining a nature of motion and/or a physiological state of a wearer. The wearable device comprises a body portion configured to be worn by the wearer and at least one sensor mounted to the body portion configured to, while the wearable device is being worn, detect a motion parameter of the wearer and/or a physiological parameter of...