ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,509, issued on May 26.
"Pharmacological wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD)" was invented by Eric Marc Rottenberg (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a pharmacological wearable cardioverter defibrillation system for conducting cough assisted pharmacological cardioverter defibrillation during onset of a sudden arrhythmia. The system comprises a WCD defibrillator worn by the patient, a drug mix contained either in a reservoir/pump or in an inhaler, and a miniature monitor. The drug mix in the reservoir/pump is equipped with a pump for pumping the drug mix via an indwelling catheter to the ...