ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,037, issued on April 7, was assigned to Whoop Inc. (Boston).
"Pressure sensitive strap for wearable electronics" was invented by Daniel Wiese (Cambridge, Mass.), Pamela G. Anderson (Boston) and Alessandro Babini (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable optical device is described for optically detecting parameters of interest within muscle, including oxygenation level and/or hemoglobin concentrations. Detected parameters may be used to assess physical performance, such as the extent to which muscle is utilizing aerobic or anaerobic processes. The wearable optical device may include a pressure sensitive strap. Press...