ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,294, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).
"Device and method for assessing sternal compression" was invented by Tsuyoshi Kamada (Hamamatsu, Japan), Wataru Kamo (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Hitoshi Kano (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The evaluation apparatus is an apparatus for evaluating chest compression, and includes a measuring unit, a compression position evaluation unit, and an instruction unit. The measuring unit obtains numerical values relating to temporal changes in a total hemoglobin concentration, an oxygenated hemoglobin concentration, and a deoxygenated hemoglobin co...