ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,987, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Precision Robotics Ltd. (London).
"Barrier cartridge and a barrier assembly" was invented by Jianzhong Shang (Dartford, Great Britain), Tamas Csaba Hernadi (London) and Joshua Arieh Shenker (Borehamwood, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A barrier cartridge for providing a sterility barrier between movable interfaces comprising a barrier with first and second ends; a barrier receiving portion, adapted to receive the barrier, and comprising first second ends spaced apart from one another, first and second sides spaced apart from one another and extending between the first and second end...