ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,993, issued on April 7, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Devices, methods and systems for measuring pulse wave velocity" was invented by Emily Kathryn Brooks (Amherst, N.Y.), John Keith Schneider (Williamsville, N.Y.), Hrishikesh Vijaykumar Panchawagh (Cupertino, Calif.), Nicholas Buchan (San Jose, Calif.), Evan Michael Breloff (Kenmore, N.Y.), Ye Zhan (Buffalo, N.Y.), Vivekananda Parampalli Adiga (Williamsville, N.Y.), Shounak Uday Gore (Telangana, India) and Bernard Herrera Soukup (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some disclosed devices include a light source system, an ultrasonic receiver system and a co...