ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,001, issued on June 16, was assigned to Defibtech LLC (Guilford, Conn.).

"Automated external defibrillation (AED) electrodes" was invented by Matt Valentine (Madison, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the invention provide an AED electrode that utilizes an acrylic adhesive to physically secure and electrically couple the electrode to a victim, e.g., for purposes of delivering high-energy electrical discharges of 10-360 Joules with currents from 100 A to 2500 A. Use of such an acrylic adhesive for securing an electrode to a victim in AED electrodes according to these aspects of the invention has the benefit, among others...