ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,556, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Bardy Technologies Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Defibrillator" was invented by Jason Felix (Vashon Island, Wash.) and Gust H. Bardy (Carnation, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A defibrillator is provided. The defibrillator includes: one or more power generation subcircuits configured to generate a variable voltage bias supply; a solid-state defibrillation waveform therapy generator circuit including a plurality of elements at least portion of which is configured to be driven by the variable voltage bias supply, the generator configured to: generate one or more defibrillation waveforms when the...