ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,827, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Tempus AI Inc. (Chicago) and Geisinger Clinic (Danville, Pa.).

"ECG based future atrial fibrillation predictor systems and methods" was invented by Brandon K. Fornwalt (Danville, Pa.), Christopher Haggerty (Danville, Pa.), Sushravya Raghunath (Danville, Pa.), Christopher Good (Danville, Pa.), John Pfeifer (Lewisburg, Pa.), Alvaro Ulloa-Cerna (Danville, Pa.), Arun Nemani (Chicago), Tanner Carbonati (Chicago) and Ashraf Hafez (Wheaton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for predicting the likelihood that a patient will suffer from atrial fibrillation is provided. The method i...