ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,357, issued on May 6, was assigned to FLOW CPR INC. (Toronto).
"Apparatus and method for calculating a volume flow rate of oxygenated blood" was invented by Jesse M. Klostranec (Toronto) and Emidio Tarulli (Kingston, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for calculating a volume flow rate of oxygenated blood is provided. The apparatus includes a support configured to be removable adhered at a target region; an optical sensor secured to the support to detect an absorption of light by blood flowing through the target region for determining a blood oxygenation percentage; a magnetic sensor secured to the support ...