ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,892, issued on June 24, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
"Disposable gauze counter" was invented by Mohammed Nawar Alotaibi (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Nuha Abdlrahman Alsaleh (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable gauze counter is provided having opposing first and second ends and opposing top and bottom sides, with a plurality of resealable airtight clips disposed between the first end and the second end and generally extending from the top side of the disposable gauze counter towards the bottom side of the disposable gauze counter. The plurality of resealable airtight clips eac...