ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,312, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to U58 Medical Ltd. (Hatboro, Pa.).

"Defibrillation system having deformable paddle head" was invented by Stephen T Epstein (Newtown, Pa.), John J. Sinisi (Warminster, Pa.) and Jesse Sinisi (Warminster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A defibrillation system having a paddle assembly with a paddle head and handle. The paddle head includes an enlarged support pad that is attached to the handle via a flexible neck. Both the enlarged support pad and the neck are formed from a thermoplastic elastomer and are highly flexible. A contact electrode is attached to the enlarged support pad. The contact el...