ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,423, issued on April 15, was assigned to ASP Global Manufacturing GmbH (Switzerland).

"Apparatus and method for reprocessing a medical device" was invented by Sungwook Yang (Irvine, Calif.) and Dang Minh Ngo (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for reprocessing a medical device includes a decontamination basin, a first flush conduit, a second flush conduit, and a manifold. The first and second flush conduits have respective first and second coupling ports configured to fluidly connect to the medical device positioned within the decontamination basin. The manifold is fluidly connected to the first and ...