ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,265, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Inflation apparatus for an inflation-based non-invasive blood pressure monitor and a method of operating the same" was invented by Dieter Woehrle (Waiblingen, Germany), Lars Schmitt (Aachen, Germany), Maarten Petrus Joseph Kuenen (Veldhoven, Netherlands) and Paul Aelen (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect there is provided an inflation apparatus (10) for use with an inflation-based non-invasive blood pressure, NIBP, measurement apparatus, the inflation apparatus comprising: an outlet (110) configured to...