US Patent Issued to Siemens Medical Solutions USA on July 29 for "Machine for fabricating a continuous loop of twine" (Illinois, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,823, issued on July 29, was assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Machine for fabricating a continuous loop of twine" was invented by Kenneth Grace (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Jeremy Yarrington (Carpentersville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A threading machine performs a method for creating a continuous loop of twine. A plate has a first face, a second face opposite the first face, and a hole therethrough. A ring gear is disposed on the first face and rotates about a central axis aligned with the hole. A drive pulley unwinds the thread from a spool on the ring gear and through the central axis of the ring ...