ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,704, issued on May 27, was assigned to Endophys Holdings LLC (Dallas).
"Blood pressure monitoring with zero function system and method" was invented by Phillip D. Purdy (Maypearl, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for monitoring the blood pressure of a patient that allows for a device sensor to be recalibrated according to atmospheric pressure without removing the device sensor from inside the patient. This permits quickly monitoring the blood pressure of a patient if a re-zero is needed. The invention has a blood pressure monitor (BPM) that obtains an atmospheric pressure observation. The atmospheric pressure ...