ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,062, issued on May 13, was assigned to SOCLEAN INC. (Peterborough, N.H.).

"Devices, systems and methods for treating medical devices having passageways with ozone gas" was invented by Timothy Leyva (Bellingham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is generally related to devices, methods and systems for cleaning, disinfecting and/or sterilizing a medical device, medical hoses and tubes and accessories thereof with ozone gas, in particular the disclosure relates to devices, methods and systems with multiple receptacles for providing closed-loop fluid pathways to distribute ozone gas to inner passageways and the ...