ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,609, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Implant containers and related methods" was invented by Roman Lomeli (Plymouth, Mass.), Benjamin Powers (Columbia City, Ind.), Joshua Raker (Waynesville, Ohio) and Philipp Hoetzl (Mattapan, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are implant containers and methods for using same. The implant containers disclosed herein can utilize a single sterile barrier to contain the implant, thereby minimizing a size of the container to facilitate efficient storage and handling of implants while within a container. Further, the implant contain...