ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,488, issued on June 23, was assigned to Willow Laboratories Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Modular wearable device for patient monitoring and drug administration" was invented by Massi Joe E. Kiani (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Kevin Hughes Pauley (Lake Forest, Calif.), Hung The Vo (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Gerry Hammarth (Irvine, Calif.) and Gregory A. Olsen (Lake Forest, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular, wearable sensor and drug administration device is disclosed. The device includes removable modules such as sensors and drug administration apparatuses within a single wearable device. The device may be comfortable and modules m...