ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,609, issued on July 22, was assigned to THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland) and PARKER-HANNIFIN Corp. (Cleveland).

"Sterile and/or purified fluid and/or solution delivery system" was invented by Joseph Foss (Cleveland), William Kolosi (Cleveland), Dale Ashby (Cleveland), Gino Banco (Cleveland) and Paul Resendes (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the present disclosure can include a system for dispensing purified and sterilized fluid and/or solution. The delivery system can include a fluid reservoir, a sterilization and/or purification mechanism, a solution production mechanism, a dispensing mechanism, and...