ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,286, issued on April 21, was assigned to ASO LLC (Sarasota, Fla.).
"Umbilical cord stump protector" was invented by Edmund A. Sinda (Sarasota, Fla.), Brooke A. Hagerty (Sarasota, Fla.) and Mira Dosen (Sarasota, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infant umbilical cord stump protector includes a pad positionable proximal to the umbilical cord stump and a cover including fluid impermeable material over the pad. The fluid impermeable material has (i) an adhesive region that is adhereable to the infant about the umbilical cord stump, (ii) a deformable region, and (iii) a periphery about the deformable region. The deformable region ha...