ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,491, issued on June 2, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"System and devices for monitoring a hemodynamic status of a patient" was invented by Kevin Forrest (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Hee Seung Lim (Irvine, Calif.), Sebastian T. Frey (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) and Heyi Wang (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring hemodynamic status of a patient can include a transducer, an adapter and one or more monitor devices. The adapter may be in communication with the transducer and the one or more monitor devices. The adapter can be configured to receive and process data from the transduce...