ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,129, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CooperSurgical Inc. (Trumbull, Conn.).
"Medical devices with battery removal" was invented by Adrienne Clark (Waltham, Mass.), Demetrio Donald Anaya (Somerville, Mass.) and Shawn P. Murphy (Bolton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery-powered medical device comprising: an outer housing having an opening formed therein; at least one power source housed within the outer housing, the outer housing being configured to at least partially enclose the at least one power source so as to prevent contamination of the at least one power source with biohazardous materials, and the at least one po...