ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,547, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Bardy Technologies Inc. (Vashon, Wash.).

"Defibrillation assembly energizable through case opening" was invented by Jason Felix (Vashon Island, Wash.), Gust H. Bardy (Carnation, Wash.) and Cameron M. D. Bardy (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a defibrillation assembly energizable through case opening is provided. The defibrillation assembly includes an a magnetically triggered reed switch; a magnet positioned to keep the switch in an open position; an energy storage element that supplies power to the magnetically triggered reed switch; circuitry configured to g...