ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,595, issued on March 17, was assigned to HONEYWELL SAFETY PRODUCTS USA INC. (Latham, N.Y.).

"Textile blank with seamless knitted electrode system" was invented by Joanna Berzowska (Montreal), Frederic Chanay (Montreal), Stephane Menard (Montreal) and Elina Nurkka (Verdun, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A textile-based electrode system includes a first fabric layer having an inner and an outer surface. The inner surface includes a knitted electrode configured to be placed in contact with the skin of a user. A second fabric layer is disposed and configured to contact the outer surface of the first fabric layer. The second fabri...