ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,804, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Physio-Control Inc. (Redmond, Wash.).

"Systems and methods of managing and evaluating emergency medical procedures" was invented by Robert G. Walker (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, apparatuses, and methods directed to the collection and analysis of data related to a patient during an emergency advanced airway management process. The collected data may be obtained using various types of sensors, with the data collection process being managed or coordinated by a suitable system, such as a combination monitor-defibrillator. The monitor-defibrillator (alone or in combination with...