ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,607, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. (Deerfield, Ill.) and BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Sleep tracking for alarm and therapy modifications" was invented by Vishnu Shyam (Lund, Sweden), Sven Gustafson (Lund, Sweden), Mikael Lindhult (Lund, Sweden), Per-Olof Borgqvist (Lund, Sweden), Peter Drennan (Malmo, Sweden), Mattias Holmer (Lund, Sweden), Jeshrene Enerio (Glenview, Ill.), Elizabeth Ashley Mensing (Mt. Prospect, Ill.), Shawn Collin Oppegard (Fox River Grove, Ill.), Nicole Alexandra Chen (Long Grove, Ill.), Arvind Mishra (Buffalo Grove, Ill.), Anders Wellings (Belleair Beach, Fla.), Leah Swanson (McHenry, Ill.), Richard Zanni (Stry...