US Patent Issued to PHYSIO-CONTROL on Sept. 22 for "Mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation device suction cup" (Swedish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,918, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to PHYSIO-CONTROL INC. (Redmond, Wash.).

"Mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation device suction cup" was invented by Marcus Ehrstedt (Kavlinge, Sweden), Thomas Falk (Staffenstorp, Sweden) and Fred W. Chapman (Newcastle, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of the disclosure include a universal suction cup for a cardiopulmonary resuscitation device having a first circular member extending from a piston-facing surface, and a second circular member concentric to the first circular member extending from the piston-facing surface, the second circular member having a diameter that is less t...