US Patent Issued to Case Western Reserve University, The United States as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs on April 21 for "Implantable in-line high density connector" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,484, issued on April 21, was assigned to Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland) and The United States as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington).

"Implantable in-line high density connector" was invented by Douglas Bourne Shire (Cleveland), Dustin J. Tyler (Cleveland) and Janet L. Gbur (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inline implantable connector device can provide an increased volume density to medical device systems in a limited volume. The inline implantable connector device can have a claim-shell design with a first half and a second half, each having a conductive path in a same design. Th...