ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,507, issued on April 8, was assigned to THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland).

"Disposable ECG electrodes adapted to reduce leads-off events" was invented by Daniel Cantillon (Hudson, Ohio), Marc Petre (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Shengqiang Gao (Beachwood, Ohio) and Torey Hovest (Copley, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "ECG electrode assemblies are disclosed which include an adhesive-backed patch incorporating an ECG electrode and an adhesive-backed cover configured to cover and surround a lead wire clip attached to a contact of the ECG electrode. ECG electrode assemblies comprising said adhesive-backed patch and said adhesive-b...