ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,128, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Wrist and finger worn pulse oximetry system" was invented by Ammar Al-Ali (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Chad A. DeJong (Los Angeles), Stephen Scruggs (Newport Beach, Calif.), James Ford Schramm (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Richard Priddell (Irvine, Calif.), Sujin Hwang (Irvine, Calif.) and Mitchell Lloyd Ambrosini (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulse oximetry system includes a wrist portion configured for placement on a wrist of a subject, the wrist portion having a first component and a second component configured to removably secure to ...