US Patent Issued to ZOLL MEDICAL on Sept. 8 for "Wearable therapeutic device" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,274, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ZOLL MEDICAL Corp. (Chelmsford, Mass.).

"Wearable therapeutic device" was invented by Emil Oskin (Natrona Heights, Pa.), Philip C. Skalos (Pittsburgh) and Thomas E. Kaib (Irwin, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable therapeutic device is provided. The wearable therapeutic device includes a garment, and the garment includes an electrode and a conductive thread. A control unit is coupled to the conductive thread and identifies an electrical connection between a conductive surface of the electrode and the conductive thread, and an alarm module can provide information about the positioning ...