US Patent Issued on Jan. 13 for "Enclosure and method for prevention of health-care-associated infections from contaminated devices" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,418, issued on Jan. 13.

"Enclosure and method for prevention of health-care-associated infections from contaminated devices" was invented by Kenneth R. Sacks (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel enclosure is used to prevent health-care-associated infections caused by contamination of devices such as cellular telephones, laptops, tablet computers, purses, and briefcases. Such a device is placed into the enclosure and is carried into a disinfected or clean environment, such as an operating room. The enclosure prevents infectious agents or other contaminants on the surface of the device from contaminating the cle...