ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,118, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).
"Patient monitoring system with gatekeeper signal" was invented by Timothy John Hughes (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Lina Derderian (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gatekeeper electronic signal can be generated by a patient sensor and/or in an intermediate device, such as an electrical cable, that is separate from a patient's physiological information electronic signal. The gatekeeper signal can be generated to indicate to a computer monitor that the sensor and/or cable is of the type that is compatible with, and/or usable with, such co...