ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,737, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Imaging-based reflex measurements for sedation depth monitoring" was invented by Steffen Weiss (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to sedation assessment. In order to facilitate sedation depth monitoring in an autonomous imaging setting, it is proposed to use the imaging modality itself to measure the response to suitable reflexes in order to determine the depth of sedation wherein suitable reflexes include, but are not limited to, the pupil reflex, so-called superficial reflexes and the withdrawal ...