ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,525, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).
"Colored closing kit" was invented by Kimberly M. Haines (Ligonier, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical collection having a primary surgical kit, the primary surgical kit comprising at least one first surgical implement and a primary wrap, the primary wrap comprising a first visible coding; a secondary surgical kit, the secondary surgical kit comprising at least one second surgical implement and a secondary wrap, the secondary wrap comprising a second visible coding; and an outer wrap, wherein the primary surgical kit and the secondary surgica...