ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,156, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to AliveCor Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Twelve-lead electrocardiogram using a reduced form-factor multi-electrode device" was invented by David E. Albert (Oklahoma City), Bruce Satchwell (Queensland, Australia), Kim Norman Barnett (Brisbane, Australia) and Joel Q. Xue (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a small form factor ECG monitoring device that can acquire 3 standard ECG leads including a V-lead, does not require the use of adhesives for electrodes, and provides ECG data for a user on a near instantaneous basis. The ECG monitoring d...