US Patent Issued to Stryker on Sept. 8 for "Metal detection system for use with medical waste container" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,959, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Metal detection system for use with medical waste container" was invented by Bruce D. Henniges (Galesburg, Mich.), Christopher Philipp (Portage, Mich.), Andrew Lee Wallner (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Erik Vaclav Chmelar (Midland, Mich.) and Jeffrey L. Vanoss (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting disposal of metallic objects into an opening of a medical waste container, including: an indicator for indicating passage of metallic objects through the opening, a pair of receive coils and a transmit coil spaced therebetween shaped for r...