US Patent Issued to Cygnus Medical on Feb. 3 for "Medical instrument and retainer for positioning the medical instrument for sterilization" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,189, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Cygnus Medical LLC (Branford, Conn.).

"Medical instrument and retainer for positioning the medical instrument for sterilization" was invented by Shaun Sweeney (Wayne, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retainer device for positioning of medical instruments for cleaning and sterilization, including an elongated body portion with a first end and a second end, and a first end section positioned at the first end and a second end section positioned at the second end. Each of the first end section and the second end section includes a central opening and a gap connected to the central opening. Prefe...