US Patent Issued to SOTERA WIRELESS on March 11 for "Optical sensors for use in vital sign monitoring" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,852, issued on March 11, was assigned to SOTERA WIRELESS INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Optical sensors for use in vital sign monitoring" was invented by Jim Moon (Portland, Ore.), Devin McCombie (San Diego), Matt Banet (San Diego) and Marshal Dhillon (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a body-worn system that continuously measures pulse oximetry and blood pressure, along with motion, posture, and activity level, from an ambulatory patient. The system features an oximetry probe that comfortably clips to the base of the patient's thumb, thereby freeing up their fingers for conventional activities in a hospital...