ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,207, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TIDI Products LLC (Neenah, Wis.).

"Single use, elongated tubular sleeve for medical or dental instrument" was invented by Rebecca E. Giordana (Combined Locks, Wis.), John P. Wrass (Appleton, Wis.), Matthew J. Ondrus (Green Bay, Wis.), Chris W. Rahn (Appleton, Wis.), Amanda R. Altan (Neenah, Wis.) and Anthony Steven Loftis Taylor (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single use, elongated tubular sleeve for a medical or dental instrument. The sleeve includes first through fifth layers. The second layer has a distal end and being formed from about 70% to about 90% of a linear low-densit...