ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,462, issued on April 8.

"Surgical drape for anesthesia administration area" was invented by Grigory Goldberg (Belle Meade, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical drapes for separating an anesthesia administration area from a surgical area are provided. The surgical drape includes a sterile front surface, a back surface, a surgical coupling mechanism configured to secure a lower portion of the surgical drape over a portion of a patient, and one or more upper coupling mechanisms configured to secure an upper portion of the surgical drape to one or more retention devices."

The patent was filed on June 18, 2021, under Application ...