ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,347, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Cox Communications Inc. (Atlanta).

"Patient monitor and call device with integrated sensors" was invented by Jaiganesh Balasubramanian (Peachtree City, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure provide systems, methods, and patient monitoring devices that may be utilized to overcome technical limitations associated with conventional nurse call devices. According to an aspect, a patient monitoring device includes one or more of: a microphone, a speaker, a sensor array that includes a radar sensor for detecting one or more of a physiological condition and a movement of ...