US Patent Issued to Stryker on Dec. 9 for "System and method for wirelessly charging a medical device battery" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,676, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"System and method for wirelessly charging a medical device battery" was invented by Sean Christopher Laughery (Vicksburg, Mich.), Bryan Christian Mohney (Schoolcraft, Mich.), Burton Connor Judson (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Daniel Scott Gunnett (Portage, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for charging a battery is provided. The system including a battery, a sterile barrier for encasing the battery, a charging device including a charging bay, and a charging controller. The battery includes a battery controller. The charging bay includes a first antenna for es...