ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,968, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Syntegon Technology GmbH (Waiblingen, Germany).

"Device for removing a sterile object from an outer packaging, a system comprising a corresponding device, and a method for removing a sterile object from an outer packaging" was invented by Juergen Leidig (Frankenhardt, Germany), Florian Weber (Crailsheim, Germany) and Alexander Ekkart (Crailsheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (1) for removing a sterile object (2) from an outer packaging (3), a system with a corresponding device (1) and a method for removing a sterile object (2) from an outer packaging (3) are proposed."

The ...