ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,685, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Zynex Monitoring Solutions Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Electro-optical photoplethysmographic connector" was invented by Theodore Philip Delianides (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoplethysmographic device has a monitor with a monitor connector and a patient cable. The patient cable has a patient cable connector, a cable, and a sensor. The monitor connector and the patient cable connector each have an electrical portion with two or more electrical connections and an optical portion with two or more optical connections. The monitor connector and the patient cable connector are r...