US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on Nov. 18 for "Dual amniotic and placenta fluid measurement parturition drape" (Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,027, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Dual amniotic and placenta fluid measurement parturition drape" was invented by Angela Carranza (Racine, Wis.), Kate Pottala (Chicago) and Robert Taylor (Nashville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parturition drape (100) includes a drape (101) and a twin pouch assembly (102). The twin pouch assembly defines a first pouch (1101) and a second pouch (1301) attached to a major face of the drape. A flap (103) is attached to the major face of the drape. The flap (103) is selectively insertable into an open end of either the first pouch or the second po...