ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,511, issued on March 3, was assigned to OSTOMYCURE AS (Oslo, Norway).
"Lid for an ostomy implant" was invented by Benedict Bronnimann (Penthaz, Switzerland), Mats Erik Kindahl Cardell (Sollentuna, Sweden), Erik Elwing (Jonkoping, Sweden), Kristoffer Apelstedt (Jonkoping, Sweden) and Daniel Abrahamsson (Mullsjo, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lid for an ostomy implant is provided. A base includes an attachment means for attachment to the implant and a sliding part. The sliding part is arranged such that when the sliding part is slid along a first sliding route, the sliding part causes the lid to be attachable to or detachable...