ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,502, issued on March 3.

"Wireless sensor monitoring" was invented by Morgan Taylor McKeown (Kailua, Hawaii) and Douglas M. Patton (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless-connectivity system includes a sensor dongle configured to be electrically connected to a sensor device, a monitor dongle configured to be electrically connected to a medical monitor system, and a dongle-connectivity management hub configured to cause a wireless coupling to be established between the sensor dongle and the monitor dongle. The sensor dongle is configured to receive sensor data from the sensor and wirelessly transmit data to the monito...