US Patent Issued to Garwood Medical Devices on April 8 for "Autonomous hydrogen evolution reaction threshold detection method and device" (New York, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,606, issued on April 8, was assigned to Garwood Medical Devices LLC (Buffalo, N.Y.).

"Autonomous hydrogen evolution reaction threshold detection method and device" was invented by Jason M. Maranhao (Warwick, R.I.), Brian R. Peterson (East Aurora, N.Y.), Jackson G. Hobble (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Mary K. Canty (Tonawanda, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus to autonomously analyze the surface area and alloy composition ratios of a metallic implant, such as an orthopedic implant, so that an optimal voltage for biofilm disruption can be selected and make treatment easier based at least in part upon the autonomous detec...