ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,667, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to VCCB Holdings Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Alarm fatigue management systems and methods" was invented by David Dyell (Panama City, Fla.), Christopher Rogowski (Newtown Square, Pa.), Scott Kahler (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) and Jennifer Milan (Westminster, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for modifying alarms at a medical device for alarm fatigue management is provided and includes an alarm monitor, an alarm filter, an alarm modifier, a memory element for storing data, and a processor that executes instructions associated with the data, wherein the processor and the memory element cooperate...