ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,793, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Bardy Technologies Inc. (Vashon, Wash.).

"Defibrillator with bias generation circuit utilizing synchronous power rectification" was invented by Jason Felix (Vashon Island, Wash.) and Gust H. Bardy (Carnation, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "AED pulse generation circuits that provide floating, adjustable, bias voltages for driving a solid-state defibrillation waveform therapy generator circuit are provided. The provided bias voltages allow to reverse polarity of provided electric shock to increase chances of successful defibrillation and survival. In one of the provided configurations, energy...