US Patent Issued to Medtronic MiniMed on June 17 for "Far-field wireless charging of medical devices" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,750, issued on June 17, was assigned to Medtronic MiniMed Inc. (Northridge, Calif.).

"Far-field wireless charging of medical devices" was invented by Zhengchi Yan (Duarte, Calif.), Siddharth Chandra (Issaquah, Wash.), Emily A. Reveles (Northridge, Calif.), Sophia L. Wolf (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Arpit G. Christian (Chatsworth, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described for wirelessly charging a wearable or implantable medical device, such as a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) and/or an insulin pump. In some examples, the medical device includes: a rechargeable battery; a receiving antenna configured to wireless...