US Patent Issued to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES on May 5 for "Active cord connection" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,743, issued on May 5, was assigned to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Bloomington, Ind.).

"Active cord connection" was invented by Muzammil Hasan (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Gabrielle A. Markison (Kernersville, N.C.) and Jill Ivey (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for electrically and mechanically connecting an electrical cord and a medical device includes: a cord-side connector including a cord connecting surface, a cord-side conductive portion, and at least one protrusion extending from an intermediate surface; and a device-side connector including a device connecting surface, a device-side conductive portion, an...