ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,223, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to ResMed Sensor Technologies Ltd. (Ireland).

"Multi-modal sleep system" was invented by Benjamin Rubin (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for a multi-modal sleep system comprising a data processor for operating in a plurality of operating modes. The data processor may detect at least one sensor providing data to the data processor and determine a sensor type associated with each of the at least one sensor. The data processor may select a mode of operation based on the determined sensor type of the detected at least one sensor and of each of the at least one se...