ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,511, issued on June 17, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Systems and methods for video-based non-contact tidal volume monitoring" was invented by Paul S. Addison (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Dominique Jacquel (Edinburgh, Great Britain) and David Ming Hui Foo (Glasgow, 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 monitoring to measure tidal volume of a patient. Systems, methods, and computer readable media are described for determining a region of interest of a patient and monitoring that region of interest to determine...