ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,723, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Zayed University (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).

"Vitamin D deficiency digital monitoring system" was invented by Fatme Mohamad Al Anouti (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), Reem Salem Mohammed Salem (Ontario, Canada) and Justin Olutunde Thomas (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving vitamin D electronic information. The computing device has a light sensor, an ultraviolet sensor, and a display screen. The method includes determining a particular amount of International Units (IU) needed for a particular amount of vitamin D dosage. The particular...