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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2023
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Emily Kathryn Brooks, Amherst, NY (US);
John Keith Schneider, Williamsville, NY (US);
Nicholas Buchan, San Jose, CA (US);
Evan Michael Breloff, Kenmore, NY (US);
Ye Zhan, Buffalo, NY (US);
Vivekananda Parampalli Adiga, Williamsville, NY (US);
Shounak Uday Gore, Telangana, IN;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus may be configured to control a light source system residing in or on a first support structure portion of the apparatus to transmit light through an ear volume residing between a first ear portion and a second ear portion. The apparatus may be configured to receive, from a receiver system residing in or on a second support structure portion of the apparatus proximate the second ear portion, receiver system signals corresponding to acoustic waves caused by a photoacoustic response to light emitted by the light source system of a) a blood vessel residing within the ear volume, b) blood within the blood vessel, or a combination thereof. The control system may be configured to estimate one or more cardiac features based, at least in part, on the receiver system signals.