US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on Sept. 2 for "Gown with concentric sleeves and corresponding methods" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,674, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Gown with concentric sleeves and corresponding methods" was invented by Alan Genender (Northbrook, Ill.) and Audrey Putnam (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gown (100) includes a body covering portion (101). A first sleeve (107) and a second sleeve (108) each extend distally away from the body covering portion and terminating at a retention device (109,110). A first concentric sleeve (119) is coupled to the first sleeve at a first connection location (121) and extends along an exterior of the first sleeve toward the retention device. A second c...