US Patent Issued to Gerresheimer Glas, Stevanato Group on Oct. 21 for "Medical container packaging" (German, American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,987, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Gerresheimer Glas GmbH (Dusseldorf, Germany) and Stevanato Group S.p.A. (Piombino Dese, Italy).

"Medical container packaging" was invented by Wenzel Novak (Bunde, Germany), Ramses Cuevas (Deptford, N.J.), Udo Leuschner (Regensburg, Germany) and Riccardo Prete (Ponte San Nicolo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging for medical containers includes a tub having a bottom wall with at least one aperture through the bottom wall, and peripheral sidewalls extending from a periphery of the bottom wall. The peripheral sidewalls include a peripheral flange along top edges of the peripheral sid...