US Patent Issued to BIOTRONIK on Nov. 3 for "Reusable communication device for a catheter for releasable connection to a catheter hub of the catheter" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,753, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BIOTRONIK AG (Buelach, Switzerland).

"Reusable communication device for a catheter for releasable connection to a catheter hub of the catheter" was invented by Bodo Quint (Dettighofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device for near field communication (NFC) with a catheter includes an NFC coil and a communication circuit connected thereto and is configured for bidirectional near-field communication with the catheter. The device includes a rechargeable energy storage device, and an electric charging coil connected to a charging circuit for charging the energy storage device...