ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,444, issued on March 25, was assigned to Bardy Technologies Inc. (Vashon, Wash.).
"Defibrillation assembly energizable through pad removal" was invented by Jason Felix (Vashon Island, Wash.), Gust H. Bardy (Carnation, Wash.) and Cameron M. D. Bardy (Sammamish, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A defibrillation assembly energizable through pad removal is provided. The defibrillation assembly includes an electromechanical component; an energy storage element that supplies power to the electromechanical component; circuitry configured to generate a defibrillation waveform, wherein the circuitry is isolated from the energy storage el...