ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,596, issued on July 15, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Wearable physiological monitoring devices" was invented by Nicholas Evan Barker (Laguna Beach, Calif.), Bilal Muhsin (Irvine, Calif.) and Massi Joe E. Kiani (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable device including at least one sensor configured to sense a physiological parameter of a user. The wearable device including a base housing and a removable housing attachable to the base housing. The base housing and the removable housing portions each including a battery and an electronic subsystem in communication with each other. The battery o...