ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,524, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Sage Products LLC (Cary, Ill.).

"Preoperative skin preparation applicator" was invented by Kaitlin Konopacz (Cary, Ill.), Alex Chelminski (Cary, Ill.) and Claire McCauley (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An applicator device configured for delivery of at least one solution to a surface, includes an applicator body having a head portion including an opening, a distal end, and an outer wall forming an interior space, and a fluid container moveably positioned in the interior space of the applicator body, the fluid container having an interior portion for holding the at least one solution an...