ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,152, issued on July 1, was assigned to West Affum Holdings Designated Activity Co. (Dublin).

"Wearable cardioverter defibrillator having reduced noise prompts" was invented by Joseph L. Sullivan (Kirkland, Wash.) and Jaeho Kim (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) including a support structure configured to be worn by an ambulatory patient, an energy storage module configured to store an electrical charge, a discharge circuit coupled to the energy storage module, electrodes configured to render an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal of the patient while the patient is wearing the support...