ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,001, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to C/HCA Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Contextual assessment of current conditions" was invented by Christian Krayer (Nolensville, Tenn.), William Michael Gregg (Nashville, Tenn.), Thomas Andrew Doyle (Franklin, Tenn.), Paul Brient (Wayland, Mass.), Jim Najib Jirjis (Nashville, Tenn.), Karl Bradley Kehler (Nashville, Tenn.), Jonathan Perlin (Nashville, Tenn.), Paul Martin Paslick (Nashville, Tenn.), Edmund Jackson (Nashville, Tenn.), Sarah Hume Buta (Arlington, Mass.), Erin S. Jospe (Newton, Mass.), Umesh P. Phirke (Newton, Mass.), Steven V. Manoukian (Nashville, Tenn.), Vincent Doyle III (Nashville, Tenn.), Wesley Boles (Fort Walton Beach, Fla.)...