ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,442, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Medical device with audio output for use in a sterile field" was invented by John Picot (Landing, N.J.), Gary Ellerbusch (Nutley, N.J.), Matthew Lee Kolb (Bloomingdale, N.J.) and Hong Zhu (Glen Rock, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device with audio output for use in a sterile field may include a housing and an audio output device. The housing may include an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface may define an interior space of the housing including the audio output device, and the interior space of the hous...