ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,949, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Australia) and ResMed Sensor Technologies Ltd. (Ireland).
"Non-contact diagnosis and monitoring of sleep disorders" was invented by Emer Doheny (Clonskeagh, Ireland), Luke Gahan (Clonskeah, Ireland), Rami Khushaba (Sydney), Emer O'Hare (Clonskeagh, Ireland) and Alberto Zaffaroni (Clonskeagh, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor may be configured to detect periodic limb movement in a sleeping person. The sensor may be a non-contact sensor, such as a radar motion sensor. The sensor may include a radio frequency transmitter for emitting radio frequency signals toward the...