ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,322, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SHL Medical AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Delivery member shield remover assembly" was invented by Michael Sonntag (Taipei, Taiwan) and Jared Schwartzentruber (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery member shield remover assembly is presented that includes a housing which extends along a longitudinal axis L and which has a proximal and a distal end; and a delivery member shield remover having a free end and a fixed end and wherein said delivery member shield remover is resiliently connected to the housing, wherein the fixed end is connected to the housing and the free end of the delivery me...