ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,907, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MEDICAL DEVICE ENGINEERING LLC (Pompano Beach, Fla.).

"System determinative of correct orientation of components during an automation procedure" was invented by Omesh Ganesh (Pompano Beach, Fla.) and Peter Lehel (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system determinative of correct orientation of components during an automation procedure, including a path of travel of the components and an ejection zone disposed along the path of travel. An orientation detector includes a detection structure integrated into the path of travel and disposed and configured to determine the orientation ...