ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,426, issued on May 13, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Patient-worn wireless physiological sensor with pairing functionality" was invented by Ammar Al-Ali (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods described herein use pairing to associate a wireless sensor with a patient monitoring device such as a bedside patient monitor or a mobile device. A signal emitted by a patient monitoring device can be detected by a wireless sensor. The wireless sensor can be associated with the detected signal and pair the wireless sensor with the patient monitoring device. The wireless sensor can be co...