US Patent Issued to CAREFUSION 213 on Nov. 18 for "Ready-to-use, terminally sterile packaging for surgical antiseptic and method of use" (Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,162, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CAREFUSION 213 LLC.

"Ready-to-use, terminally sterile packaging for surgical antiseptic and method of use" was invented by Javad Parvizi (Gladwyne, Pa.), Peter F. Sharkey (Villanova, Pa.), Craig J. Della Valle (Chicago), David L. Kirschman (West Carrollton, Ohio), Harry G. Brittain (Milford, N.J.), Mayank M. Parmar (Upper Darby, Pa.) and Alan B. Miller (Jamison, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ready-to-use, gamma-ray sterilized, surgical antiseptic composition comprising an initial non-toxic concentration of povidone-iodine above a minimum effective concentration of available iodine, iodid...