ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,902, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ZOLL Medical Corp. (Chelmsford, Mass.).

"Patient assurance system and method" was invented by Patrick Hresko (Mount Pleasant, Pa.), Thomas E. Kaib (Irwin, Pa.), Trisha A. Biel (Glenshaw, Pa.), Grace Owens (Pittsburgh), John Clark (Pittsburgh) and Rachel Carlson (Falls Creek, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, an ambulatory medical device is provided. The ambulatory medical device includes a plurality of subsystems, at least one sensor configured to acquire data descriptive of a patient, a user interface and at least one processor coupled to the at least one sensor and the user int...