ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,382, issued on March 31, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Electrochemical cells with lithium alloy anodes" was invented by Erik R. Scott (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Prabhakar A. Tamirisa (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrochemical cells and methods of preventing overheating of the same are disclosed. An electrochemical cell may include a cathode and an anode. The anode may include a lithium alloy. The anode may be configured to reduce a maximum rate of ion transfer between the anode and the cathode in response to an occurrence of a fault condition. The lithium alloy may comprise at least 70 weight...