ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,202, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Strap for a wearable device" was invented by Ammar Al-Ali (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Chad A. DeJong (Los Angeles) and Stephen Scruggs (Newport Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strap for a wearable device configured to secure to a portion of a body of a user can include a base and a plurality of strap members secured to portions of the base. In some implementations, the base is made of a first material and each of the plurality of strap members are made of a second material, the first material being more pliable than the second material. In some ...