ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,196, issued on June 17.

"Medical device and health information tracking systems and methods" was invented by Michael Scott Lebhar (Jackson, Miss.) and Marc Edward Walker (Jackson, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The medical device and health tracking system can generate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) associated with a user. NFTs can include information related to medical devices implanted within a user. In some embodiments, the NFT can include other health related information of the user. The NFTs can also be associated with items used within the medical supply chain that are used in medical interventions or procedures associated wi...