ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,290, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to PHYSIO-CONTROL INC. (Redmond, Wash.).

"CPR device with pivoting support arm" was invented by Marcus Ehrstedt (Kavlinge, Sweden) and Thomas Falk (Staffenstorp, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cardiopulmonary resuscitation ("CPR") device having a chest compression mechanism configured to deliver CPR chest compressions to a patient, the chest compression mechanism having a rigid support arm configured to pivot about a reference line to deliver the CPR chest compressions."

The patent was filed on Oct. 22, 2021, under Application No. 17/508,765.

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