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On Thursday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to a wearable self-mixing interferometry (SMI) ring that could be used to sense physiological conditions of a user, such as a heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure and more.

Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to wearable self-mixing interferometry (SMI) ring used to sense physiological conditions of a user, such as a heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure and more.

Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to smartphones, tablet computers, laptop computers, wearable devices, standalone or wall-mounted display screens, and other devices having optical emitters, detectors, or transceivers. Instead of simply using optical emitters under the display to capture biometrics and more, Apples invention covers the use of optical fibers behind displays that could capture data at much higher rates and accuracy. ...