ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,831, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Tula Health Inc. (Kaysville, Utah).

"Trend analysis for hydration monitoring" was invented by Michael Jones (Morgan, Utah), Devin Miller (Morgan, Utah) and David Miller (Morgan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, system, or device for hydration monitoring using trend analysis. The method may include measuring a physiological measurement of an individual with a sensor to obtain trend data correlating to a hydration level of the individual. The method may include removing an abnormal shift or an abnormal change from the trend data. The method may include removing abnormal shifts and ch...