ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,707, issued on May 13, was assigned to JRAS MEDICAL INC..

"Apparatuses, systems, and methods for capturing a video of a human patient suitable for monitoring a cardiac, respiratory or cardiorespiratory condition" was invented by Andrew M. L. Smith (St. John's, Canada) and Andrew J. Smith (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for capturing a video of a human patient suitable for monitoring a cardiac, respiratory or cardiorespiratory condition includes: an electronic imager. The imager is positionable with respect to a neck of the patient to be able to capture electronic video of the neck of the patient. The ap...