ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,618, issued on May 27, was assigned to Cleveland Medical Devices Inc. (Cleveland).

"Method and device for sleep analysis" was invented by Hani Kayyali (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Craig A. Frederick (Solon, Ohio), Robert N. Schmidt (Ft. Myers, Fla.) and Brian M. Kolkowski (Leroy, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The various embodiments of the method of the present invention include a method to improving or expanding the capacity of a sleep analysis unit or laboratory, a method sleep analysis testing a patient admitted for diagnosis or treatment of another primary medical condition while being treated or diagnosed for that condition, a ...