ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,383, issued on April 29, was assigned to ZOLL Medical Corp. (Chelmsford, Mass.).

"System and methods for adaptive body positioning during chest compressions" was invented by Nikhil S Joshi (San Jose, Calif.), Byron J Reynolds (Gilroy, Calif.), Dean Severns (San Jose, Calif.), Melanie Harris (Santa Clara, Calif.), Gary A Freeman (Waltham, Mass.), Ulrich R Herken (Medford, Mass.) and Christopher L Kaufman (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated chest compression (CC) system is described that includes a chest compressor configured to administer chest compressions to a patient, at least one tilt adjuster configured ...