ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,997, issued on April 7, was assigned to Promptus LLC (Greenwood Village, Colo.).

"Biometric ring and associated methods" was invented by Benjamin Sanchez Terrones (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a biometric ring comprising an inner surface configured to adjoin a living being and a plurality of conductors circumferentially arranged about the inner surface. The conductors are configured to emit current and measure voltage across conductor path pairs. The biometric ring determines corresponding conductor path resistances through the body and generates resistance maps from these measurements. A bio...