ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,177, issued on May 20, was assigned to GUARDIAN MEDICAL USA LLC (Swanton, Ohio).

"Package for medical devices" was invented by Tracy Momany (Sylvania, Ohio), Roebrt Groll (Oregon, Ohio), Daniel Witham (Sylvania, Ohio) and Shari Morse (Temperance, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package assembly for carrying medical devices is disclosed. The package assembly includes an outer cartridge and an inner cartridge. The inner cartridge receives the outer cartridge of the package assembly. The inner cartridge extends beyond the outer cartridge. A medical device is disposed in the inner cartridge to engage the inner cartridge."

The pat...