ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,025, issued on June 24, was assigned to OPTIMA pharma GmbH (Schwabisch Hall, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for straightening a package" was invented by Werner Wieland (Frankenhardt, Germany) and Bernd Laukenmann (Crailsheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for straightening a foil bag (2) with a sterile object (20) packaged therein, wherein the foil bag (2) is pierced by means of a hollow needle (40), gas is injected into the foil bag (2), and a detaching force is applied to the foil bag (2) before piercing into the foil bag (2), with the result that the foil bag (2) is deta...