US Patent Issued to PHYSIO-CONTROL on July 14 for "EMS cot having built-in mechanical CPR device" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,369, issued on July 14, was assigned to PHYSIO-CONTROL INC. (Redmond, Wash.).

"EMS cot having built-in mechanical CPR device" was invented by Alexey Titov (Woodinville, Wash.), Fred Chapman (Newcastle, Wash.) and Tyson Taylor (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of the disclosure are directed to a patient support apparatus including a frame having a deck structured to support a patient, a retention device structured to secure the patient on the deck, and a compression device attached to the frame at the deck, the compression device including a compression mechanism structured to extend toward the patient and retrac...