US Patent Issued to ViOptix on Jan. 20 for "Handheld oximeter with display of real-time and average measurement determination" (New York, California, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,502, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ViOptix Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Handheld oximeter with display of real-time and average measurement determination" was invented by Alex Michael Margiott (Dunbarton, N.H.), William Welch (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Sushant Potdar (Fremont, Calif.) and Scott E. Coleridge (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oximetry device sealed in a sheath directs a user to allow the oximetry device to make oximetry readings at a number of different tissue locations of a patient and average two or more of the oximetry readings by directing the lifts and placements of the oximetry device and sheath to and from t...