ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,488, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Kardion GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Energy transfer system and reception unit for the wireless transcutaneous transfer of energy" was invented by Samuel Vasconcelos Araujo (Esslingen, Germany) and Michael Jiptner (Besigheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy transfer system for wireless energy transfer includes a transmitter unit having a primary coil supplied with a supply voltage and a receiver unit separate from the transmitter unit having a secondary coil to which a DC link capacitor is connected by a rectifier. The energy transfer system further includes a first device confi...