ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,203, issued on July 15, was assigned to MASIMO Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Regional oximetry pod" was invented by Ammar Al-Ali (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Kevin Forrest (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), David Dalke (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Walter M. Weber (Laguna Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A regional oximetry pod drives optical emitters on regional oximetry sensors and receives the corresponding detector signals in response. The sensor pod has a dual sensor connector configured to physically attach and electrically connect one or two regional oximetry sensors. The pod housing has a first housing end and ...