US Patent Issued to Physio-Control on May 12 for "System for multiple defibrillation therapies" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,086, issued on May 12, was assigned to Physio-Control Inc. (Redmond, Wash.).

"System for multiple defibrillation therapies" was invented by Gary DeBardi (Kirkland, Wash.), Fred W. Chapman (Newcastle, Wash.), Tyson G. Taylor (Bothell, Wash.) and Ronald E. Stickney (Edmonds, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A defibrillation system for the administration of a dual sequential defibrillation and/or simultaneous defibrillation therapy. A first defibrillation device is inductively coupled to a second defibrillation device. An energy delivery of the first defibrillation device generating, or causing to be generated, an artifact that is re...