ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,574, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Phillips Irrevocable Trust (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Smart cords in medical applications" was invented by Brian S. Phillips (Charlotte, N.C.) and Adam T. Walsh (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application is directed to a centralized power data management system for managing power data of remote medical devices located at one or more medical facilities. A server is communicatively coupled to a plurality of power cables. Each power cable includes a cord device and is electrically coupled to, and configured to power, a respective medical device. A power profile is received from a ...