ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,006, issued on July 29, was assigned to CREATIVE SURGICAL SOLUTIONS LLC (Edwards, Colo.).

"Surgical drape with separable elements" was invented by Eric Strauch (Vail, Colo.), Donald Corenman (Edwards, Colo.), Dan Droy (Denver), Andrew Vandeweghe (Grayslake, Ill.), Shayna Massi (Palatine, Ill.), Phillip Brown (Cary, N.C.), Evelina Leece (Chicago), Samba Toure (Grand Blanc, Mich.), Nicholas Sievers (Clarkston, Mich.) and Charles Kline (Ontario, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a surgical drape to be used in conjunction with a surgical procedure, and more specifically to a surgical drape that inclu...