US Patent Issued to ALIVECOR on July 15 for "Ultraviolet cardiac monitoring and analysis" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,178, issued on July 15, was assigned to ALIVECOR INC. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Ultraviolet cardiac monitoring and analysis" was invented by David E. Albert (Oklahoma City) and Bruce Satchwell (Gold Coast, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile electrocardiogram (ECG) device is described, comprising an electrode assembly comprising electrodes that sense heart-related signals when in contact with a body of a user, and produce electrical signals representing the sensed heart-related signals. The mobile ECG device further comprises a light-emitting device to facilitate an optimal placement of the electrode on the body of the ...