ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,952, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MASIMO Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Optical physiological nose sensor" was invented by Ammar Al-Ali (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Stephen Scruggs (Newport Beach, Calif.), Kyla Scott Kotcherha (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and Sujin Hwang (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical physiological sensor configured to be secured to a user's nose includes a first prong configured to be positioned proximate an outside portion of the nose, a second prong configured to be positioned proximate an inside portion of the user's nose, a winged portion coupled to the first prong and configured to co...