ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,621, issued on June 3, was assigned to ZOLL Medical Corp. (Chelmsford, Mass.).
"Response mechanisms" was invented by John Clark (Pittsburgh) and Mark Roberto (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable medical device is provided for monitoring the cardiac health of a patient, for example, for indications of cardiac anomalies, where the device includes ECG sensors in electrical contact with the patient's body, therapy electrodes for providing electrical therapy to the patient's heart, and a control unit having at least one touch control with force sensor disposed on its housing for contacting with a finger. Signals from the t...