ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,005, issued on July 8, was assigned to Nicolette Inc. (Long Beach, Calif.).

"Portable device having user interface for visualizing data from medical monitoring and laboratory equipment" was invented by Phil Martie (Los Alamitos, Calif.), Michel Mikhael (Los Alamitos, Calif.), Seth Brickman (Los Alamitos, Calif.), Bryan Wilson (Los Alamitos, Calif.) and Lee Martie (Los Alamitos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless device for facilitating visualization of a state of a patient being monitored by monitoring equipment. The device includes a wireless network interface, a camera, and a touch-sensitive display. A processor is in ...