US Patent Issued to Medivators on Sept. 1 for "Cleaning adapter with and without safety tag" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,502, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Medivators Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Cleaning adapter with and without safety tag" was invented by Cesar E. Hernandez (Conroe, Texas), John Wayne Miller (Magnolia, Texas), Travis Bendele (Montgomery, Texas), Joshua Lee Ronan (Willis, Texas), Heba Hijazi (Pasadena, Texas), Roger Garrett (Houston) and Robert Lagow (Shepard, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning adapter for an endoscope is provided. The cleaning adapter comprises a main stem comprising a first through hole extending transversely through the main stem, a second through hole extending transversely through the main stem, and a c...