US Patent Issued to PHYSIO-CONTROL on April 29 for "CPR chest compression device with releasable base member" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,386, issued on April 29, was assigned to PHYSIO-CONTROL INC. (Redmond, Wash.).

"CPR chest compression device with releasable base member" was invented by Thomas Falk (Staffanstorp, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A CPR device having a base member configured to be placed underneath a patient, a chest compression mechanism configured to deliver CPR chest compressions to the patient, a support leg configured to support the chest compression mechanism at a distance from the base member, a clamp mechanism coupled to the support leg, and a release mechanism coupled to the support leg and the clamp mechanism. The clamp mechanism is con...