ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,496, issued on March 4, was assigned to Orlando Health Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).
"Stethoscope cleaning device" was invented by Christopher Hasty (Orlando, Fla.) and Matthew Solar (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stethoscope cleaning device may include one or more of the following features: a first portion configured for supporting a stethoscope, wherein the first portion includes an earpiece chamber for receiving an earpiece of the stethoscope; and a second portion configured for receiving a container. The first portion may be movable (e.g., pivotable) relative to the second portion, and movement of the first portion relat...