ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,097, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Washington).

"Isolation gown with adjustable neck closure" was invented by Xiaoyan Song (Washington), Jules Sherman (Washington) and Rahul K. Shah (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an isolation gown. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an isolation gown, comprising a garment body including opening running a length of the garment body and terminating at a neck opening, the garment body having a first side and a second side and being configured to permit a wearer to don the medical gown, sleeves extending ...