ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,230, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PROMEDIX INC. (Portland, Ore.).
"Systems and methods for measuring capillary refill time" was invented by Steven D. Baker (Beaverton, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example device for measuring a digital capillary refill time (CRT) can include a wearable component, a processor, and an output. The wearable component includes a touch pressure element and an optical sensor capable of transmitting and detecting optical energy. The detector converts the received optical energy into an electrical signal that represents the optical energy incident on the optical detector. The processor is prog...