ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,988, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, Ore.).
"Transducer fixation apparatus" was invented by David Warner (Portland, Ore.), Albert Lwin (Portland, Ore.), Luis Elenes (Terrebonne, Ore.) and Scott Witt (Glendale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transducer fixation apparatus is configured to position and secure to a skin surface of a patient a transducer to allow repeated or continuous monitoring of blood flow in a subsurface vessel. The transducer fixation apparatus includes a housing having a plurality of flexible attachment wings that attach and conform in shape to the skin surf...