US Patent Issued to Stryker on Sept. 30 for "Surgical instrument wireless charging system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,742, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Surgical instrument wireless charging system" was invented by James Novorita (Otsego, Mich.), Thomas Puvogel (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Burton Judson (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Ian Dalrymple (Comstock Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wireless charging systems and methods for wirelessly charging batteries for powering surgical instruments. A wireless charging device includes a housing defining wireless charging bays for receiving and charging multiple surgical instrument batteries simultaneously. Power transfer coils and RF antennas are disposed in the housi...