ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,818, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Techniques for identifying and analyzing events-of-interest indicated by physiological parameters" was invented by Fred W. Chapman (Newcastle, Wash.) and Robert G. Walker (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various techniques related to post-treatment parameters of patients are described. An example method includes identifying a segment of an electrocardiogram (ECG) of an individual, wherein the segment is detected during a time interval that begins when an electrical shock is output to the individual's heart. The method further includes identifying a parame...