ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,405, issued on May 5, was assigned to Physio-Control Inc. (Redmond, Wash.).

"Providing a live-lead view" was invented by Ryan W. Apperson (Bothell, Wash.), Rick Palm (Seattle), David J. Linville (Woodinville, Wash.), Michelle Liu (Sammamish, Wash.), Tyson G. Taylor (Bothell, Wash.) and Ronald E. Stickney (Edmonds, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example method is performed by an electrocardiogram (ECG) device and includes determining a number of lead wires of an ECG cable assembly that is attached to the ECG device. The method also includes receiving ECG signals using electrodes of the ECG cable assembly. Further, the method in...