ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,211, issued on Jan. 27.
"Ruggedized Bluetooth(R) low energy tracking" was invented by Matthew Allen Wardlaw (Edwards, Colo.) and Matthew Thomas Provencher (Edwards, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods herein provide for tracking surgical instrument kits. One system includes a surgical instrument kit operable to retain a plurality of surgical instruments for sterilization in an autoclave, a Bluetooth(R) low energy (BTLE) device operable to transmit a signal for locating and identifying the surgical instrument kit, a battery operable to provide power to the BTLE device, and a housing operable to retain the BTLE dev...