ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,655, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ZOLL Medical Corp. (Chelmsford, Mass.).

"Inventory management of portable medical treatment and guidance apparatuses" was invented by Kristopher M. Edgell (Shreveport, La.), Gary A. Freeman (Waltham, Mass.), Matthew J. Grey (Fairport, N.Y.), John P. Pierson (Tewksbury, Mass.), Paolo Giacometti (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Denise L. Angwin (Chelmsford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a portable medical treatment and guidance apparatus for interactively assisting a user in treating a patient is provided. The apparatus can include: a housing having at least one compartment; a plura...