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iPad mini could get iPhone MagSafe. The rest use too much power and should get Mac MagSafe.

rob53 said:

“  He added that Masimo would certainly "work with them to improve their product" as well.” makes me wonder whether Apple actually used Masimo’s IP. Sounds like Masimo is trying to get code from Apple to see if they can fix their own code. Otherwise, Masimo is being rude telling Apple they are better than Apple. 

They didn’t. That is largely unpatentable. 50 year old technology with standard statistical analysis techniques on top of it. Experience in the domain helps, but that bridge is burned.

entropys said:

All articles I have read fail to specify exactly what patents Apple is supposed to have infringed. More interested in the controversy I suppose.

From what I can sort of gather, it is a general patent applying to blood oxygen sensors being on the wrist. Which tbh is a joke of a patent. Happy for more details in the next article please.

Masimo is a very large company. Whining about how much more Apple Pay’s its former staff is tragically sad, as Masimo clearly weren’t paying them what they were worth.

You have the gist of it. The patents describe a sensor attached to a wrist mounted computer and some basic properties of its appearance (much of it cosmetic or unrelated to the workings of the sensor). There is nothing about the algorithm. The actual patents are: 10,945,648 (claims 12, 24, and 30) and 10,912,502 (claims 22 and 28). The other claims were struck down. You can look up at patents.google.com patent search. The claims are at the end of the patent filing (last couple pages usually).

Apple probably plans to update their hardware then counter with their patents rather then enter a business relationship. This may be the end of Misamo’s smart watch ambitions if Apple sues it to death.

Apple TV+ Sci-Fi has been great so far. A much better track record of good execution and sticking with a series in my opinion then HBO or Netflix.