US Patent Issued to Koninklijke Philips on May 26 for "Method and apparatus for processing a cyclic physiological signal" (Dutch, Belgian, Chinese, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,909, issued on May 26, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Method and apparatus for processing a cyclic physiological signal" was invented by Bin Yin (Shanghai), Haris Duric (Bothell, Wash.), Geert Guy Georges Morren (Vissenaken, Belgium), Steven Antonie Willem Fokkenrood ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) and Jens Muehlsteff (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing a cyclic physiological signal (30, 40, 52, 53, 54). The method comprises the steps of repeatedly collecting (2) the physiological signal (30, 40, 52, 53, 54) over a time peri...