ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,937, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Non-wetted pressure measurement method, control method, device, and analyzer" was invented by Naohide Miyamoto (Tokyo), Kiyomi Seii (Tokyo), Atsushi Nakamura (Tokyo) and Eikichi Shibata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a pressure measurement method including moving a detection unit that detects a force accompanying deformation of a flexible tube by a predetermined distance in a load measurement direction of the flexible tube, measuring a reaction force of the flexible tube by the detection unit, and measuring an internal pressure of the flexible tube ...