ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,111, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ResMed Sensor Technologies Ltd. (Ireland).

"Apparatus, system and method for chronic disease monitoring" was invented by Conor Heneghan (San Diego), Alberto Zaffaroni (Sandyford, Ireland), Philip De Chazal (Blue Mountains, Australia) and Redmond Shouldice (Sandyford, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system, and method for monitoring a person suffering from a chronic medical condition predicts and assesses physiological changes which could affect the care of that subject. Examples of such chronic diseases include (but are not limited to) heart failure, chronic obstructive pul...