ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,030, issued on July 28, was assigned to ZOLL Medical Corp. (Chelmsford, Mass.).
"Systems and methods of synchronizing chest compressions with myocardial activity" was invented by Christopher L Kaufman (Somerville, Mass.), Gary A Freeman (Waltham, Mass.), Naveed Zaidi (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Joshua W Lampe (Groton, Mass.) and Annemarie E Silver (Bedford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and method for providing chest compressions to a patient during cardiopulmonary resuscitation may include at least one ECG sensor configured to obtain ECG signals, an automated chest compressor configured to provide chest compressions and at l...