ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,078, issued on April 21, was assigned to Rythmos LLC (Edina, Minn.).

"Method and apparatus for continuous vitals monitoring" was invented by Manojeet Bhattacharya (Edina, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A health monitoring device for detecting a physiological attribute having a physiological attribute sensor including a first fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with a refractive index is configured to be placed in contact with a person's skin approximate to an artery or vein. A baseline sensor that includes a second fiber Bragg grating (FBG) also having a refractive index is configured to be placed in contact with a person's skin away fr...