ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,676, issued on June 17, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Fecal management applicator and assembly" was invented by Morgan Uridil (Evanston, Ill.) and Amanda Roszkowiak (Schaumburg, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fecal management applicator, a fecal management assembly, and a fecal management method are described herein. A fecal management applicator may include a handle portion, and a head portion extending from the handle portion. The head portion may include an inner head wall portion that extends axially from the handle portion and an outer head wall portion that extends radially outwardly from the...