ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,274, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Bayer Oy (Turku, Finland).
"Inserter for an intrauterine system with a locking part" was invented by Taina Tjader (Piispanristi, Finland), Mikael Stolt (Vahto, Finland), Heikki Salo (Raisio, Finland), Mira Piki (Turku, Finland), Marina Allen (Turku, Finland), Kimmo Laaksonen (Turku, Finland), Jari Riski (Parainen, Finland) and Petri Perala (Paimio, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an inserter for an intrauterine system, comprising including a handle body, a measurement tube, a plunger, a flange, a finger holder, and a mechanism for reversibly locking removal thread of the int...