ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,968, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"System for transmission of sensor data using dual communication protocol" was invented by Ammar Al-Ali (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Stephen Scruggs (Newport Beach, Calif.), Richard Priddell (Irvine, Calif.), Chad A De Jong (Los Angeles), Eric Karl Kinast (Santa Ana, Calif.), Jung Soo Hwang (Irvine, Calif.) and Steven Hang (Santa Ana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for collecting physiological data from a patient is disclosed. The system includes a reusable module and a disposable module. The disposable module collects and transmits physiological...