US Patent Issued to ZOLL Medical on June 16 for "Verification of cardiac arrhythmia prior to therapeutic stimulation" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,017, issued on June 16, was assigned to ZOLL Medical Corp. (Chelmsford, Mass.).

"Verification of cardiac arrhythmia prior to therapeutic stimulation" was invented by Shane S. Volpe (Saltsburg, Pa.) and Regis George (Aliquippa, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ambulatory medical devices may occasionally improperly administer a therapeutic stimulation pulse to a patient upon an incorrect detection of arrhythmia in the patient. To address these improperly administered therapeutic stimulation pulses, an ambulatory medical device includes processes and systems for verifying an initial declaration of an arrhythmia. The ambulatory medical...