ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,451, issued on April 8, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Wireless charging of medical devices" was invented by Mahipal Reddy Darapu (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure is directed to devices, systems, and techniques for wirelessly charging a medical device. A charging device may receive a request to wirelessly charge a medical device. The charging device may, in response to receiving the request, physically move within wireless charging range of the medical device. The charging device may, in response to determining that the charging device is within the wireless charging range of the medica...