US Patent Issued to Medtronic on July 7 for "Over-discharge protection for electrochemical cells" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,317, issued on July 7, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Over-discharge protection for electrochemical cells" was invented by Lu Yu (Shakopee, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrochemical cells and methods of providing over-discharge protection of the same are disclosed. An electrochemical cell may include a cathode, an anode, a separator, and an electrolyte. The cathode may include a cathode current collector and a cathode active material disposed on at least a portion of the cathode current collector. The anode may include an anode current collector and an anode active material disposed on at least a portion of ...