ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,978, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to STERLAB (Vallauris, France).
"Sterile covering and rotating joint device" was invented by Paul Martel (Saint-Raphael, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a sterile covering device with a rotating joint between two attached members, rotating relative to each other and such that the rotating joint connecting the proximal ends of the two members has a groove between these two members, the proximal end of a first cover is able to cover not only the proximal end of the member that it protects but also at least all or part of the groove of the rotating joint, and ...