WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the following public communication dated March 7, 2025, from the National Alliance for Care at Home: * * * To: Anthony Archeval, Acting Director Office for Civil Rights U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Attention: HIPAA Security Rule NPRM Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 509F 200 Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20201 RE: Docket No. HHS-OCR-0945-AA22, HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen   more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Colorado. *** Methods for Open Dissection Using Sealing Instrument ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 28 -- COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, Massachusetts has been assigned a patent (No. US 12251155 B2, initially filed May 27, 2021) developed by three inventors James D. Allen, IV, Broomfield, Colorado; William D. Faulkner, Boulder, Colorado; and Duane E. Kerr, Loveland, Colorado, for "Methods for open dissection using se  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Florida. *** Electrically Conductive Boron-Containing Material With Heat and Impact Resistance ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 28 -- POW-STOR INC., Boca Raton, Florida has been assigned a patent (No. US 12252445 B1, initially filed Jan. 6, 2025) developed by Saban Akyildiz, Boca Raton, Florida, for "Electrically conductive boron-containing material with heat and impact resistance." *** Orthopedic Staple Ins  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Missouri. *** Ring for Watch ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 28 -- An inventor from St. Louis, Missouri, Michael J. DiMartini has been awarded a design patent (No. US D1067092 S1, initially filed June 29, 2023) for "Ring for watch." *** Display Panel ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 28 -- TRUE MANUFACTURING CO., INC., O'Fallon, Missouri has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1067235 S1, initially filed Aug  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. *** Hydraulic Delivery of Surgical Implants ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 28 -- ALCON INC., Fribourg, Switzerland has been assigned a patent (No. US 12251306 B2, initially filed Nov. 1, 2023) developed by five inventors Todd Taber, Keller, Texas; Kathryn Jensen, Sugar Land, Texas; Jestwin Edwin Lee, IV, Grandview, Texas; Pradeep Magadum, Arlington, Texas; and Saumya Dilip Yadav, Arlington, Texas, for  more

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 30 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in West Virginia. *** Bi-Planar Instrument for Bone Cutting and Joint Realignment Procedure ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 28 -- TREACE MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC., Ponte Vedra, Florida has been assigned a patent (No. US 12251091 B2, initially filed April 14, 2023) developed by seven inventors Jason May, St. John's, Florida; Robert D. Santrock, Morgantown, West Virginia; Sean F. Scanlan, Jacksonville, Florida; John T  more