US Patent Issued to Spacelabs Healthcare on Dec. 16 for "Dual mode non-invasive blood pressure management" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,978, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Spacelabs Healthcare LLC (Snoqualmie, Wash.).

"Dual mode non-invasive blood pressure management" was invented by Jeffrey Jay Gilham (Sammamish, Wash.) and Nishant Gopalakrishnan (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present specification describes methods and systems for on-inflate non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) measurement suitable for cuffs of various sizes. In embodiments, an adapter hose connecting the cuff to the NIBP device is dynamically identified. Embodiments provide a restriction in at least one of the valves in the NIBP device to enable a controlled release of air f...