ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,111, issued on April 21, was assigned to BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. (Deerfield, Ill.) and BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Physiological sensor patch for making complex measurements of bioimpedance" was invented by James Patrick McCanna (San Diego), Marshal Singh Dhillon (San Diego), Justin Grant Buckingham (Oceanside, Calif.), Matthew John Banet (San Diego) and Erik Edwin Tang (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a system for characterizing a patient including a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electrical system. The electrical system is connected to the substrate an...