ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,591, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Autoclavable container for sterilizing a wirelessly chargeable battery" was invented by Robert E. Lynch (Portage, Mich.), Daniel Reichert (Climax, Mich.), Patrick Hooper (Portage, Mich.), Gerard Mouatt (Portage, Mich.), Burton C. Judson (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and David E. Hershberger (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autoclavable container for sterilizing a wirelessly chargeable battery is disclosed. The autoclavable container includes a lid including metal and a base including a material permitting the transmission of an electromagnetic wave there...