US Patent Issued to American Sterilizer on Sept. 9 for "Sterilizable cover for handle of accessory of medical suspended ceiling assembly" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,007, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to American Sterilizer Co. (Mentor, Ohio).

"Sterilizable cover for handle of accessory of medical suspended ceiling assembly" was invented by Michael Hollopeter (Kirtland, Ohio) and David A. Westenfelder II (Mantua, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sterilizable cover for a handle of an accessory of a medical suspended ceiling assembly includes a generally tubular stem portion and an annular flange portion. The generally tubular stem portion has a sufficient size to be gripped by the human hand, and has a proximal end that is open and a distal end that is closed, and defines a cavity along a ...