New patent points to blood pressure monitoring coming to Apple WatchWe may soon be able to measure and monitor our blood pressure with the Apple Watch.
What you need to know
Apple has been granted a patent that could bring blood pressure monitoring to the Apple Watch.
It appears that the patent may be part of a larger project the company is working on.
As reported by Patently Apple, Apple has been granted a second major patent that could bring blood pressure monitoring to the Apple Watch. The company received the first patent related to the feature back in December.
According to the patents, Apple's blood pressure montioring could be done in a non-invasive way.
As a quick review of the base invention, Apple's patent generally relates to the measuring and monitoring of blood pressure. More specifically, embodiments may determine and apply one or more correction factors for calculating or adjusting a measured blood pressure to provide for a more accurate blood pressure measurement. This may be particularly beneficial with blood pressure measu...
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New patent points to blood pressure monitoring coming to Apple Watch
