US Patent Issued to ViOptix on July 22 for "Temperature control of medical device" (Colorado, California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,406, issued on July 22, was assigned to ViOptix Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Temperature control of medical device" was invented by Alex Michael Margiott (Andover, Mass.), Roger Stenerson (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Lawrence Smith (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes increasing or decreasing a temperature of an oximeter device by cycling oximetry measurements and temperature adjustment at a predetermined frequency. During temperature adjustment, power supplied to LEDs of the oximeter device may be modulated to heat or cool the oximeter device if the oximetry device is above a temperature setpoint or below the tempe...