ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,667, issued on June 3, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Contactless control of physiological monitors" was invented by Catherine M. Szyman (Westlake Village, Calif.), Ryan Timothy McHale (Tustin, Calif.), Ryan James Hastings (Newport Beach, Calif.), Christina Gin Teng Chen (Lake Forest, Calif.), Sungwhan Cha (Lake Forest, Calif.), Kenneth William Sprague (Irvine, Calif.), Sara Mohiba Boukai (Coto de Caza, Calif.) and Fabian Guot Ngo (Santa Ana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for contactless control of a physiological monitor are provided. A number of systems utilize an input ...