US Patent Issued to ViOptix on Aug. 12 for "Hinged probe cover for a handheld oximetry probe" (California, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,171, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ViOptix Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Hinged probe cover for a handheld oximetry probe" was invented by Mark Lonsinger (San Jose, Calif.), Scott Coleridge (New York), Kate LeeAnn Bechtel (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) and William Welch (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sleeve or sheath includes a body having a top opening. The body covers a handheld oximeter probe or a portion of the probe. The sleeve has a shape that approximately matches the oximeter probe or portion of the probe, which is covered by the sleeve. The sleeve has a top opening that allows a user to slide the oximeter probe ...