US Patent Issued to COVIDIEN on March 25 for "Combined physiological sensor systems and methods" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,035, issued on March 25, was assigned to COVIDIEN LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Combined physiological sensor systems and methods" was invented by Edward M. McKenna (Boulder, Colo.), Bo Chen (Louisville, Colo.), Youzhi Li (Longmont, Colo.) and Paul Stanley Addison (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined physiological sensor and methods for detecting one or more physiological characteristics of a subject are provided. The combined sensor (e.g., a forehead sensor) may be used to detect and/or calculate at least one of a pulse blood oxygen saturation level, a regional blood oxygen saturation level, a respiration r...