ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,306, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to West Affum Holdings DAC (Dublin).

"Detection of chronic electrode leads off" was invented by Joseph L. Sullivan (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies and implementations for a wearable healthcare system including one or more electrodes, which may detect and determine smart leads off conditions of the one or more electrodes. The wearable healthcare system may include a leads off monitor module, which may be configured to learn when and when not to cause a leads off alert."

The patent was filed on Dec. 9, 2021, under Application No. 17/546,949.

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