ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,200, issued on March 18, was assigned to BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. (Deerfield, Ill.) and BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).
"Necklace-shaped physiological monitor" was invented by Matthew Banet (San Diego), Susan Meeks Pede (Encinitas, Calif.), Marshal Singh Dhillon (San Diego), Andrew Terry (San Diego) and Kenneth Robert Hunt (Vista, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a neck-worn sensor (referred to herein as the 'necklace') that is a single, body-worn system that measures the following parameters from an ambulatory patient: heart rate, pulse rate, pulse oximetry, respiratory rate, temperature,...