US Patent Issued to West Affum Holdings DAC on Nov. 3 for "Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system reacting to high-amplitude ECG noise" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,235, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to West Affum Holdings DAC (Dublin).

"Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system reacting to high-amplitude ECG noise" was invented by Joseph Leo Sullivan (Kirkland, Wash.) and Jaeho Kim (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In embodiments a WCD system is worn and/or carried by an ambulatory patient. The WCD system analyzes an ECG signal of the patient, to determine whether or not the patient should be given an electric shock to restart their heart. If so, then the WCD system first gives a preliminary alarm to the patient, asking them to prove they are alive if they are. The WCD syste...