ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,171, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Modular patient monitor" was invented by Ammar Al-Ali (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Paul Jansen (San Clemente, Calif.), Massi Joe E. Kiani (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) and Anand Sampath (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular patient monitor has a docking station configured to accept a handheld monitor. The docking station has standalone patient monitoring functionality with respect to a first set of parameters. At least some of the first parameter set are displayed simultaneously on a full-sized screen integrated with the docking station. The handhe...