ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,331, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to WEST AFFUM HOLDINGS DAC (Dublin).

"Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD) with artificial intelligence features" was invented by Joseph L. Sullivan (Kirkland, Wash.), Zoie R. Engman (Kirkland, Wash.), David P. Finch (Bothell, Wash.), Laura M. Gustavson (Redmond, Wash.) and Phillip D. Foshee Jr. (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a wearable medical device, such as a Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator, which includes one or more sensors and a processor coupled to the one or more sensors. The processor is configured to record patient-specific information derived f...