ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,784, issued on July 7, was assigned to Oura Health Oy (Oulu, Finland).

"Techniques for measurement path multiplexing for a wearable device" was invented by Jukka Tapani Makinen (Oulu, Finland), Mika Petteri Kangas (Oulu, Finland), Jaakko Tapio Vartiainen (Oulu, Finland), Kirsi Marja Maansaari (Oulu, Finland) and Olli Petteri Heikkinen (Oulu, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for measurement multiplexing for a wearable device are described. The method may include transmitting light using a light-emitting component of a wearable device via a set of transmission angles and receiving the light using a ph...