US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Sept. 30 for "Methods and systems for capnograpy signal processing" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,787, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Methods and systems for capnograpy signal processing" was invented by Hans Willem van Kesteren (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a method for obtaining a filtered capnography signal by suppressing a spectral background signal within an optical absorption signal. An optical absorption signal is obtained from a subject across a range of wavelengths, wherein the optical absorption signal represents a proportion of a light signal that is absorbed as the light signal passes through a respiratory air sam...