ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,358, issued on May 6, was assigned to LIFE METER SRL (Chieti, Italy).
"Pulse oximetry methods, devices and systems" was invented by Fernando De Benedetto (Chieti, Italy), Matteo Aventaggiato (Chieti, Italy), Marco Raimondi (Chieti, Italy) and Alberto Visconti (Chieti, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of taking pulse oximetry measurements on a specific patient and a bracelet-type pulse oximeter device are disclosed. A calibration pulse-oximeter is adapted to estimate one or more first, reference SpO2 values from a first, reference PPG signal measured by the pulse-oximeter on a first, reference area of the human body. Usin...