ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,725, issued on March 18, was assigned to Whiteley Corporation Pty Ltd (North Sydney, Australia).
"Medical lubricant applicator" was invented by Trevor Glasbey (Tanilba Bay, Australia) and Gregory Whiteley (Queenscliff, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical lubricant applicator including: a dispensing head adapted to fit to a container containing a medical lubricant, the dispensing head including: (i) a nozzle having a discharge opening from which medical lubricant from the container is dispensed; (ii) a guide element arranged relative to the nozzle to provide guiding contact with an exposed surface of a medical instrume...