US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on Jan. 13 for "Surgical gowns" (Minnesota, New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,884, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Surgical gowns" was invented by Salim M. Walji (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Joseph A. Dearani (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical gowns can be configured to be worn by a human and to be sterile for use in a sterile surgical environment. Such a sterile surgical gown can include one or more pockets attached to the gown and configured to store surgical instruments. The sterile surgical gown can also include one or more rings attached to the gown and configured to hold surgical instruments. In some embodiments,...