US Patent Issued to STRYKER SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS on Oct. 28 for "Methods of reprocessing a surgical instrument" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,616, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to STRYKER SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS INC. (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Methods of reprocessing a surgical instrument" was invented by Jason Seiger (Gilbert, Ariz.), Brooke McDonald (Phoenix), Nicholas Ferentheil (Gilbert, Ariz.), Nathan Butters (Phoenix), Charles A. Forker (Lakeland, Fla.) and Sachin Jain (Gurgaon, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reprocessing a surgical instrument that includes a handpiece having opposed shells secured together with a fastener, a shroud secured to the handpiece and overlaying the fastener and a portion of the handpiece, an outer shaft extending from the shroud...