ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,987, issued on May 12, was assigned to Arpan Rameshchandra Doshi (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Automated device for disinfection of stethoscope head piece using dual means simultaneously" was invented by Arpan Rameshchandra Doshi (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments herein relate to a device for disinfection of stethoscope headpiece using dual means working simultaneously. The device of the present invention provides a two-advantage system of simultaneously using photo and chemical disinfection methods. According to an embodiment herein, the device comprises a disinfection chamber equipped with photo-disinfection ...