ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,588, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"System and method for monitoring respiratory rate measurements" was invented by Ammar Al-Ali (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Bilal Muhsin (San Clemente, Calif.) and Michael O'Reilly (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes, among other features, systems and methods for using multiple physiological parameter inputs to determine multiparameter confidence in respiratory rate measurements. For example, a patient monitoring system can programmatically determine multiparameter confidence in respiratory rate measurements obtained from ...