US Patent Issued to Bardy Technologies on March 17 for "Defibrillator designed for high-reliability operation" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,281, issued on March 17, was assigned to Bardy Technologies Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Defibrillator designed for high-reliability operation" was invented by Jason Felix (Vashon Island, Wash.), Gust H. Bardy (Carnation, Wash.) and Corey Bailey Williamson (Vashon, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A completely de-energizable defibrillator is provided, allowing the electrical components of the defibrillator to be electrically unbiased while the defibrillator is not in use. Additionally, the microcontroller unit of the AED includes features to prevent computational errors due to external influences, electromagnetic interference, radio...