Oura Seeks to Block Ultrahuman Ring Pro US Sales
Oura has filed a new patent complaint in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas seeking damages and a permanent injunction against the redesigned Ultrahuman Ring Pro. For endurance athletes, this is less about a court filing and more about whether a recovery ring they buy today could disappear from US sale later. Ring Pro remains available for now, but the uncertainty is back.
A redesigned ring faces a fresh challenge
Oura announced the complaint on 23 October 2026 and says Ultrahuman’s revised hardware still uses patented innovations. According to The5kRunner, the case asserts extra design and utility patents beyond the earlier dispute. TechCrunch, as cited by The5kRunner, reports that the complaint names design patent D804,471 and utility patent 12,769,363, along with SVTronics, which Oura says manufactures Ring Pro in Plano, Texas.
The newer utility patent was issued to Ouraring Inc. on 20 October 2026. It covers a ring design with a curved battery, charging magnets, a circuit board running along the band, and temperature, motion and optical heart-rate sensors. That combination matters because it describes the compact engineering needed to put useful overnight recovery tracking in a ring, not simply the broad idea of measuring sleep or heart rate.
Why athletes should care
This is not Oura's first successful move against Ultrahuman. A 2025 US International Trade Commission ruling found that Ultrahuman’s earlier ring infringed Oura patents and barred its import into the United States. The Ring Air was consequently removed from the US market. Ultrahuman brought the redesigned Ring Pro back on sale this year, and Oura is now arguing that the redesign does not resolve the infringement problem.
For runners, cyclists and triathletes, a smart ring is usually a background tool: sleep, resting trends and recovery context alongside training data from a watch or chest strap. It is not a replacement for the live metrics needed in a hard session. Still, the ring works best when we can build a long, uninterrupted baseline. A product being pulled from sale would not automatically stop a ring already on a finger from collecting data, but it can complicate replacements, warranty decisions and confidence in the platform.
What is missing right now
The disappointing part is that there is no public resolution, timetable or court order in the supplied reporting. We also do not yet have Ultrahuman’s response to this new complaint. Oura is seeking a permanent injunction, but that is a requested outcome, not the current situation. US buyers can still purchase Ring Pro, and Oura Ring 5 is not part of this dispute. The lack of clarity is the story: athletes shopping for a ring are being asked to weigh hardware fit and recovery features against a potentially unstable US availability picture.
Our take: Ring Pro remains an option for US athletes who want ring-based sleep and recovery tracking now, but it carries more purchase risk than Oura’s own rings while this case runs. If continuity matters most, waiting for the court process or choosing a product outside this dispute is the calmer call.
