ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,253, issued on May 20, was assigned to ZOLL Medical Corp. (Chelmsford, Mass.).
"Systems and methods of tracking patient movement" was invented by Timothy F. Stever (Lowell, Mass.), Bruce H. Edwards (Marlborough, Mass.), Gary A. Freeman (Waltham, Mass.), Brandon W. Marvenko (North Huntingdon, Pa.) and Shane S. Volpe (Saltsburg, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ambulatory medical device is provided. The ambulatory medical device includes at least one sensor configured to acquire sensor data descriptive of patient motion and at least one processor coupled to the at least one sensor. The at least one processor is configured to detec...