ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,217, issued on July 15, was assigned to ALIVECOR INC. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Integrated sport electrocardiogramy system" was invented by David Kumar (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes sporting equipment, a sensor assembly, and a processing device. The sensor assembly includes a first sensor and a second sensor that are integrated into the sporting equipment to contact skin of a user. The sensor assembly produces electrical signals indicative of physiological signals of the user. The processing device generates an electrocardiogram (ECG) based on the electrical signals."

The patent was filed on ...