ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,766, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Masimo Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Wearable monitoring device" was invented by Ammar Al-Ali (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Richard Priddell (Irvine, Calif.), Erik Karl Kinast (Santa Ana, Calif.), Stephen Scruggs (Newport Beach, Calif.), Nicolsson Fernandes (Pasadena, Calif.) and Maxwell Gilmore (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable device configured to measure physiological parameters of a subject is described. The wearable device can include a dock having a plurality of prongs, a dock circuit layer having a plurality of conductive strips positioned along the plurality of prong...