US Patent Issued to Masimo on Aug. 12 for "Depth of consciousness monitor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,194, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Depth of consciousness monitor" was invented by Ammar Al-Ali (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Walter M. Weber (Laguna Hills, Calif.), Faisal Kashif (Irvine, Calif.), Mohammad Usman (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Balaji Chandrasekaran (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to physiological monitoring to determine the depth of consciousness of a patient under sedation. The monitor includes an EEG sensor and a depth of consciousness monitor. The depth of consciousness monitor can utilize treatment data, such as patient data and/or d...