US Patent Issued to Sterintact on Dec. 2 for "Surgical instrument wrap utilizing diffusible fluorescent layer" (Pennsylvania, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,988, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Sterintact LLC (Dayton, Ohio).

"Surgical instrument wrap utilizing diffusible fluorescent layer" was invented by David Louis Kirschman (Dayton, Ohio), Javad Parvizi (Gladwyne, Pa.) and Peter Sharkey (Villanova, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument wrap having at least one or a plurality of fibrous layers that cooperate with at least one agent or dye layer that is generally not visible until the at least one or plurality of fibrous layers is damaged or disrupted. The at least one diffusible agent or dye layer diffuses or wicks into the disrupted or damaged area. A fluorescent d...