ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,019, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Sterile container" was invented by Matthias Henke (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany), John Wallace (East Jordan, Mich.), Martin Machill (Rietheim, Germany), Philipp Bohnenstengel (Steisslingen, Germany) and Matthias Schweizer (Tuttlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sterile container, in particular for medical use or storage of medical products or articles, includes a tray with an external base surface and a lid with an external top surface. At least one slide support element is attached to the tray or to the lid. The sterile container is stackable ...