ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,183, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KARL STORZ Imaging Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Counting unit" was invented by Michael Augarten (Goleta, Calif.) and Edward Schifferns (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A counting unit is provided for use in an electrical device. The counting unit is configured to count a thermal event such as an autoclave cleaning operation when the electrical device is not electrically powered. In one aspect, the counting unit includes a rotary member and an actuator, the actuator is configured to change shape from a first configuration to a second configuration when subjected to a predetermined ...