ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,190, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to ResMed Sensor Technologies Ltd. (Ireland).

"System and method for monitoring cardiorespiratory parameters" was invented by Philip De Chazal (Blue Mountains, Australia), Conor Hanley (Dublin) and Conor Heneghan (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for monitoring the motion, breathing, heart rate of humans in a convenient and low-cost fashion, and for deriving and displaying useful measurements of cardiorespiratory performance from the measured signals. The motion, breathing, and heart rate signals are obtained through a processing applied to a raw...