ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,616, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Vetter Pharma-Fertigung GmbH & Co. KG (Ravensburg, Germany).

"Tray for receiving a plurality of medical hollow bodies" was invented by Ralph Stefan (Ebenweiler, Germany), Markus Behrendt (Berg, Germany), Holger Pupke (Balingen, Germany) and Karoline Moller (Ravensburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates Tray (1) for holding a plurality of medical hollow bodies (49), comprising a bottom plate (3) having a top side (5) and a bottom side (7), wherein an all-around wall (11) is disposed along outer edges (9) of the tray (1) on the top side (5), wherein the bottom plate (3)...