ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,623, issued on March 17, was assigned to ZOLL Medical Corp. (Chelmsford, Mass.).

"Features for support garment for a wearable medical device" was invented by Philip C. Skalos (Pittsburgh), Christopher Lawrence Swenglish (Connellsville, Pa.) and Sunaina Rustagi (Presto, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable cardiac therapeutic device includes a plurality of ECG sensing electrodes configured to sense ECG signals regarding a cardiac function of a patient; a plurality of therapy electrodes configured to deliver transcutaneous defibrillation shocks or transcutaneous pacing pulses to the patient's heart; and a support garment conf...