ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,748, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to LINXENS HOLDING SAS (Mantes la Jolie, France).

"Monitoring device and a data collector assembly" was invented by Fredrik Thedeby (Mellbystrand, Sweden), Peter Nilsson (Farhult, Sweden) and Lasse Bay (Kobenhavn NV, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring device including a data collector having a first sheet having a dermal side surface, a housing having a first electrical coupling area and first connector structures, a socket having a base and connected to the data col-lector, the socket having second connector structures connecting the socket to the housing via the first connecto...