US Patent Issued to Bardy Technologies on Oct. 14 for "Defibrillation assembly energizable through pad removal" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,692, issued on Oct. 14, 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: "In one embodiment, a defibrillation assembly energizable through pad removal is provided. The defibrillation assembly includes a mechanical switch that is in an open position when the circuitry is not in use; an energy storage element that supplies power to the mechanical switch; circuitry configured to generate a defibrillation waveform, whe...