ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,380, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Power supply device and medical device" was invented by Katsuki Suematsu (Tokyo), Atsushi Himura (Tokyo), Takeshi Yagi (Tokyo), Kazutaka Nara (Tokyo), Shusuke Kaya (Tokyo) and Tsunenori Arai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply device includes a power transmission coil which supplies electric power from outside the body in a non-contact manner via a power reception coil of an intracorporeal implanting-type medical appliance to which a drug solution is injected from outside the body. A support supports the power transmission coil, and an adh...