ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,070, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Resuscitation Innovations LLC (Minneapolis).
"Head up CPR device with integrated ventilator" was invented by Keith G. Lurie (Minneapolis), Anja Metzger (Lake Elmo, Minn.), Philip Tetzlaff (Minneapolis) and Wayne Seibrecht (Golden, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head up CPR system may include a base and an upper support coupled with the base and configured to elevate a patient's upper body. The system may include a chest compression device that is coupleable with one or both of the base and the upper support and a positive pressure ventilation system that is coupleable with the base."
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