ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,017, issued on April 21, was assigned to Axon Enterprise Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Electronic restraint device" was invented by Michael E. Gish (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Patrick W. Smith (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Jaspaul Chung (Vancouver, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic restraint device may detect biometric information. The electronic restraint device may compare the biometric information with alert criteria. Based on the comparison, the electronic restraint device may generate an alert. The alert may be transmitted to an electronic device. The alert may be output by the electronic restraint device or the electronic de...