ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,143, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for measuring triglyceride level" was invented by Joon Hyung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byung Hoon Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yeol Ho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for measuring a triglyceride level includes: a sensor including: a plurality of peripheral light sources disposed at a periphery thereof, the plurality of peripheral light sources being configured to emit light toward an object, and a plurality of detectors each disposed at predetermined distances from the respec...