ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,022, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Welch Allyn Inc. (Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.).
"Retinal vital sign assessment" was invented by Allen R. Hart (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fundus imager includes a camera for capturing eye fundus images, and a display for displaying the eye fundus images. The fundus imager captures an eye fundus video using the camera, performs an analysis on the eye fundus video to generate a signal, and calculates one or more vital signs from the signal."
The patent was filed on July 1, 2022, under Application No. 17/810,378.
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