US Patent Issued to Covidien on June 17 for "Sterilizable wirelessly detectable objects for use in medical procedures and methods of making same" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,592, issued on June 17, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Sterilizable wirelessly detectable objects for use in medical procedures and methods of making same" was invented by William A. Blair (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of wirelessly detectable objects to be used in medical procedures are provided. Such may employ ionizing radiation hard wireless radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders, other wireless transponders and/or integrated circuits, and attachment structures, all of which retain structural and functional integrity when exposed to standard sterilization dosages of io...