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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Syntheon, Llc, Miami, FL (US);
Kevin W. Smith, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Sean M. McBrayer, Miami, FL (US);
Derek Dee Deville, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Coral Gables, FL (US);
Syntheon, LLC, Miami, FL (US);
Abstract
A device for sterilizing and charging a battery of an instrument, comprising a sterilization device sealingly enclosing therein at least one battery of an instrument and operable to sterilize the at least one battery, an inductively powered battery-charging device disposed inside the sterilization device and having a charger operable to be placed in conductive contact with and charge the at least one battery and a power receiver sub-assembly electrically coupled to the charger and operable to receive electrical power inductively from outside the sterilization device and supply the received electrical power to the charger to charge the battery during sterilization, and a power supply disposed outside the sterilization device and operable to supply power inductively to the power receiver sub-assembly through the sterilization device.