US Patent Issued to KMW Enterprises on Feb. 25 for "Apparatus and methods for intraoperative surgical instrument sterilization" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,912, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to KMW Enterprises LLC (Crowley Lake, Calif.).

"Apparatus and methods for intraoperative surgical instrument sterilization" was invented by Michael Karch (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), Meredith Moss (Crowley Lake, Calif.) and Chris Wylie (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for cleaning, decontaminating, and/or sterilizing an instrument during the intraoperative phase of a surgical procedure. In exemplary embodiments, the apparatus comprises: a container having an aperture, a bottom portion, and at least one sidewall defining an instrument ba...