ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,139, issued on March 25, was assigned to GUARDIAN MEDICAL USA INC. (Swanton, Ohio).

"Protective container for sterilized medical implants" was invented by Aakash Agarwal (Swanton, Ohio) and Tracy Momany (Swanton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective container for a sterilized medical implant includes a base including a hollow body having a closed end and an opened end. The base including a thread. A cap is secured about the opened end of the hollow body. The cap includes a thread that cooperates with the thread provided on the base such that relative rotation of the base and the cap causes relative axial movement of the ...