ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,816, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"System for electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode count adjustment and associated methods" was invented by Kim Blomqvist (Uusimaa, Finland) and Janne Vihtori Klemetti (Uusimaa, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for selectively increasing an electrode count in a bio signal monitoring system via an extension connector. In an example, a bio signal monitoring system may comprise an integrated electrode coupler configured to be selectively connected to one or more removable electrodes via one or more corresponding exten...