ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,247, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ZOLL Medical Corp. (Chelmsford, Mass.).

"Patient data management platform" was invented by John R. Whannel (Littleton, Colo.) and Gregory D. Mears (Carolina Beach, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient data management platform, e.g., a community paramedicine platform, which may also be referred to as a mobile integrative health platform or system, may include a web-based, cloud-based, and/or software-based system for tracking patients and patient visits by health care providers, paramedics or other emergency medical services ("EMS") professionals in an out of hospital, mobile, and/or no...