ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,194, issued on July 15, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Informative display for non-contact patient monitoring" was invented by Dominique Jacquel (Edinburgh, Great Britain) and Paul S. Addison (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are various embodiments of an informative display that may be used in conjunction with non-contact patient monitoring systems and methods. The informative display may include one or more patient data images providing historical and real time data relating the patient being monitored by the non-contact patient monitoring system. The patient data images may...