ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,811, issued on March 4, was assigned to Veris Health Inc. (New York).
"Wireless charging, localization, and data communication for implantable vascular access devices" was invented by James D. Mitchell (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Andrew A. Thoreson (Orono, Minn.), Theodore C. Johnson (Lake Forest Park, Wash.) and Jayme Ormiston Coates (New Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable vascular access device includes a fluid, a self-sealing cover disposed over the reservoir, and an outlet port configured to mate with a catheter, the outlet port fluidically coupled to the fluid reservoir. One or more sensors coupled to the ...