ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,081, issued on March 25, was assigned to MASIMO Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Bidirectional physiological information display" was invented by Ammar Al-Ali (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient monitor for displaying a physiological signal can include a visual element having a middle portion indicative of a transition in the physiological signal between physiological states. The visual element can also include first and second extremity portions, the first extremity portion extending from the middle portion in a first direction and the second extremity portion extending from the middle portion in a second ...