US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on May 13 for "Cleanable and sterilizable electrical connector for medical devices" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,785, issued on May 13, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Cleanable and sterilizable electrical connector for medical devices" was invented by Matthieu Petitprez (Saint Vallier de Thiey, France), Edouard Dacruz (Nice, France), Jean-Marc Baraban (La Roquette sur Siagne, France) and Giandonato Stallone (Nice, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for cleanable and sterilizable electrical connector for medical devices. A sterilizable connector may include a first shell and a second shell configured to engage one another, a nose housing that includes a mating area of the connec...