US Patent Issued to ZOLL Medical on Sept. 2 for "Medical device with acoustic sensor" (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,842, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to ZOLL Medical Corp. (Chelmsford, Mass.).

"Medical device with acoustic sensor" was invented by Shane S. Volpe (Saltsburg, Pa.), Gregory R. Frank (Mt. Lebanon, Pa.), Thomas E. Kaib (North Huntingdon, Pa.), Steven J. Szymkiewicz (Bethel Park, Pa.) and Gary A. Freeman (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one example, a medical device is provided. The medical device includes at least one therapy electrode, at least one electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode, at least one acoustic sensor, and at least one processor coupled with the at least one acoustic sensor, the at least one ECG e...