US Patent Issued to Senseonics on Sept. 9 for "Implant finder" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,844, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Senseonics Inc. (Germantown, Md.).

"Implant finder" was invented by James Brennan (Germantown, Md.), Scott Lovald (Germantown, Md.), Judd Day (Germantown, Md.), Laura Popa (Germantown, Md.), Fran Kaufman (Germantown, Md.) and Kelly Joy (Germantown, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for locating an implant comprising magnetic material and/or a charge storage device in a living animal. The apparatus may include a magnetic field generator (e.g., an electromagnetic field generator) configured to generate a magnetic field (e.g., an electromagnetic field). The apparatus may inc...