ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,776, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Bioness Inc. (Valencia, Calif.).
"Implantable power adapter" was invented by Keith Mcbride (Ventura, Calif.) and Arkady Glukhovsky (Valencia, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a power adapter having a housing and a circuit at least partially disposed in the housing. The housing is configured to be coupled to an implantable device for disposition in a body. The circuit is configured to be electrically connected to a power circuit of the implantable device when the housing is coupled to the implantable electrical conductor. When the housing is coupled to the implantable ...