ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,498, issued on July 15, was assigned to OstomyCure AS (Oslo, Norway).
"Lid" was invented by Kristoffer Jens Olle Apelstedt (Jonkoping, Sweden), David Karl Theodor Hvirf (Jonkoping, Sweden), Sandra Ida Maria Carling (Jonkoping, Sweden) and Mats Erik Kindahl Cardell (Nacka, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a lid for an ostomy implant, comprising: a ring-shaped base part adapted to engage with an open end of the ostomy implant; a cap part adapted to fit inside the ring-shaped base part, wherein the cap part is rotatable with respect to the ring-shaped base part to lock and unlock the lid to the ost...