ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,712, issued on June 10, was assigned to LOG10 B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Decontamination device and method for medical instruments" was invented by Andreas Adrianus Lambertus Van Den Houdt (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Franciscus Maria Verhoeven (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Paul Herman Maria Pessers (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a decontamination device for medical instruments and a method for decontaminating medical instruments. The device includes a reception unit arranged for receiving a to be treated medical instrument. The device further includes a washing unit arranged for wash...