US Patent Issued to University Of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education on Nov. 4 for "Electrocardiographic identification of non-ST elevation ischemic events" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,270, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to University Of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh).

"Electrocardiographic identification of non-ST elevation ischemic events" was invented by Salah Al-Zaiti (Monroeville, Pa.), Ervin Sejdic (Pittsburgh) and Clifton W. Callaway (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for identifying increased likelihood of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) in a patient based on ECG data. The methods can include determining based on the ECG data that the patient lacks ST elevation (STE) and that the patient exhibit...