ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,916, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"System and methods for video-based monitoring of vital signs" was invented by Paul S. Addison (Edinburgh, Great Britain), David Foo (Glasgow, Great Britain) and Dominique Jacquel (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the field of medical monitoring, and in particular non-contact, video-based monitoring of pulse rate, respiration rate, motion, and oxygen saturation. Systems and methods are described for capturing images of a patient, producing intensity signals from the images, filtering those signals to focus o...