ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,001, issued on Aug. 5.

"Secure systems for contactless identification and vital sign monitoring" was invented by Peter Costantino (Westport, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for identifying, monitoring the health of an individual and providing for the retrieval of information relating to said individual by a plurality of authorized users. The system comprises an identification device and associated hardware and software components. The identification device a skin wearable, waterproof, non-transferable frangible individual identification device comprising (1) an adhesive and marking arranged on a substrate to provide a ph...