ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,228, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Bayer Oy (Turku, Finland).
"Inserter" was invented by Heikki Lyytikainen (Naantali, Finland), Ilkka Jutila (Littoinen, Finland), Ulla Calvo Alonso (Piispanristi, Finland), Harri Jukarainen (Kuusisto, Finland), Taina Trader (Littoinen, Finland), Andrew Macleod (Cambridge, Great Britain), Michael Noble (London) and David Whitaker (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an inserter for an intrauterine system comprising a handle (3), and an insertion tube (6) having a first end and a second end, and being arranged in connection with the handle. The inserter is characte...