ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,857, issued on Sept. 9.

"Cardiac monitoring system with automatic detection of wireless electrode positioning" was invented by Mehdi Hatamian (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Charbel Maksoud (Loma Linda, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cardiac monitoring system that automatically determines whether one or more electrodes are placed at wrong positions on a person's body includes an ECG monitor. The electrodes are connected to the ECG monitor wirelessly or by wire. Each electrode includes a position code that corresponds to a body location where the electrode is to be placed. The signals that are transmitted from each electrode includ...