ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,562, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to NewPace Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).

"Flexible and stretchable wearable defibrillator patch" was invented by Moshe Ytzhaik (Caesarea, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable AED patch for wearing by a subject, including: a flexible, stretchable outer ring that is adhered to the subject; a rigid or semi-rigid conductive portion partially separated from the outer ring by an air gap; and a flexible portion that extends over the outer ring and the air gap, and into the conductive portion such that the flexible portion and air gap enable the rigid or semi-rigid conductive portion to remain in c...