ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,153, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to FUNDACION PARA LA INVESTIGACION BIOMEDICA DEL HOSPITAL CLINICO SAN CARLOS (Madrid).

"Method for obtaining an electrocardiogram in pronated subjects" was invented by Miguel Angel Cobos Gil (Madrid).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for obtaining an electrocardiogram of a subject in a prone position, which comprises the steps of obtaining two leads (D1 and D2) from four electrodes positioned on the left arm (L), the right arm (R), the left leg (F), and the right leg (neutral electrode) of the subject selected from I, II, III, aVR, aVL, and aVF; obtaining a le...