ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,410, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).
"Tamper-evident closure" was invented by Alan R. Dombrowski (Woodbury, Minn.), Adam S. Troness (Dellwood, Minn.), Jack E. Kochevar (Minneapolis), Dennard J. Powell (Saint Paul, Minn.), Michael J. Vostal (Minneapolis), Matthew T. Zabel (Lake Elmo, Minn.) and Jacqueline M. Ganser (White Bear Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tamper-evident closure is disclosed that encloses a medical access device, such as a vascular access device, such that it will be visibly apparent if the medical access device contained in the tamper-evident...