US Patent Issued to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES on May 12 for "Sterilization method for medical rubber part" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,985, issued on May 12, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).

"Sterilization method for medical rubber part" was invented by Yogun Kida (Kobe, Japan), Kei Tajima (Kobe, Japan), Kazuki Nojiri (Kobe, Japan), Yuichiro Matsutani (Kobe, Japan) and Shumpei Morita (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sterilization method for a medical rubber part is a sterilization method for a medical rubber part that can include a body made from an elastic material and that can include an inactive resin film stacked on at least a portion of a surface of the body, where the sterilization method can include irradiating a pack...