ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,172, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Sterile sensor insertion" was invented by Vincent Francis Pizzi (Westborough, Mass.), Jeffrey Carter (Westborough, Mass.) and Ralph Stankowski (Westborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a system for the insertion of a pre-sterilized sensor probe into a sterile vessel. The system of the invention provides a reliable and straightforward way to insert one or more sterile probes into a sterile vessel. The present invention also provides a sterile vessel that includes one or more of the systems of the ...