ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,719, issued on March 17, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Sterile medical device package, medical device system, sterilization method for medical device, and opening method for sterile medical device package" was invented by Takeo Suzuki (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sterile medical device package includes a packaging member having an interior space, and a disinfectant solution package located in a first section of the interior space. A second section of the interior space is configured to contain a sterile medical device. The disinfectant solution package is configured to contain a disinfe...