US Patent Issued to University of the West of England, Bristol on Dec. 2 for "Low-power contactless physiological sensor" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,826, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to University of the West of England, Bristol (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Low-power contactless physiological sensor" was invented by Xicai Yue (Bristol, Great Britain), David Attwood (Bristol, Great Britain) and Janice Kiely (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system-on-chip contactless physiological sensor (10) is provided which comprises a capacitive-sensor electrode (14) having a first capacitance (C1) and an amplifier device (18) connected to the capacitive-sensor electrode (14), the capacitive-sensor electrode (14) and amplifier device (18) at least in part forming an ampli...