ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,665, issued on April 15, was assigned to Resuscitation Innovations LLC (Minneapolis).

"Systems and methods for gravity-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation" was invented by Keith G. Lurie (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Increasing blood circulation, lowering intracranial pressure, and increasing cerebral perfusion pressure during the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by gravity-assist due to elevation of one or both of the torso and head of an individual."

The patent was filed on Aug. 23, 2021, under Application No. 17/409,294.

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