ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,924, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Welch Allyn Inc. (Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.).
"Systems and methods for temperature determination" was invented by John A. Lane (Venice, Fla.), Scott A. Martin (Camillus, N.Y.), Joseph Tari (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) and Derek Strassle (Port Byron, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining a temperature of a patient includes measuring a first temperature of the patient with a temperature device, and measuring a second temperature of an environment with the temperature device. The method includes determining if a change in the ambient temperature exceeds a threshold. If the change does...