US Patent Issued to O&M Halyard on Dec. 9 for "Closure mechanisms and seal integrity indicators for sterilization containers" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,281, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to O&M Halyard Inc. (Glen Allen, Va.).

"Closure mechanisms and seal integrity indicators for sterilization containers" was invented by Brian E. Lin (Cumming, Ga.), Joseph D. Hurdle (Canton, Ga.), Sharon Shuh-Shin Chang (Alpharetta, Ga.), Anthony Stephen Spencer (Woodstock, Ga.) and Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis (Johns Creek, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Closure mechanisms for closing and sealing sterilization containers and indicators for indicating the seal integrity sterilization containers are provided. For example, a container closure mechanism may be configured to distribute a closure force a...