US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on Sept. 8 for "Skin packaging with protective sheath" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,958, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Skin packaging with protective sheath" was invented by Roland Kebel (Wangen an der Aare, Switzerland), Stefan Miehle (Selzach, Switzerland), Theresa Weiger (Selzach, Switzerland), Moritz Oeler (Selzach, Switzerland) and Daniel Thran (Selzach, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package assembly including a sheath, a pouch, and an outer enclosure. The sheath includes perforations that extend across the sheath along an orientation that is transverse to an elongate dimension of the sheath. The sheath is configured to receive and ...