ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,143, issued on June 23, was assigned to Welch Allyn Inc. (Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.).

"Modular monitoring systems and methods" was invented by David Quinn (Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.), Gene J. Wolfe (Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.) and WonKyung McSweeney (Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular monitor system includes a processor; a plurality of slots including a predetermined shape; a plurality of image acquisition devices configured to be received in any one of the plurality of slots and communicatively coupled with the processor; and a non-transitory, processor readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the pr...