ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,379, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Oura Health Oy (Oulu, Finland).

"Techniques for biofeedback using heart rate data" was invented by Mari Pauliina Karsikas (Oulu, Finland), Janne Kaki (Oulu, Finland), Samuli Hietala (Oulu, Finland), Heli Tuulia Koskimaki (Oulu, Finland), Olli Petteri Heikkinen (Oulu, Finland) and Tuomas Viljami Kentta (Liminka, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for biofeedback are described. A user device may acquire physiological data associated with a user from a wearable device. The user device may select a feedback response that may include one or more of audio, haptic, ...