ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,141, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Prestan Products LLC (Solon, Ohio).

"Automated external defibrillator training device with manual input and audio output controls for programming" was invented by Timothy E. Lint (North Royalton, Ohio) and John J. Pastrick (University Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic AED training device with a user programming system which uses manual input controls and audio output programming controls for programming the desired features of the AED training device. The audio output programming controls comprise an audio-based output menu providing voice prompts describing the features ...