ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,697, issued on Sept. 22.
"Medical gas separator" was invented by Nicholas B. Hnat (Parma, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical gas separator for testing for leaks on a medical gas delivery system. The separator can be used to selectively fluidly join or separate an upstream portion and a downstream portion of the medical gas delivery system for testing for leaks on the downstream portion while the upstream portion can remain in use. The separator includes an upstream element connected to the upstream portion, a downstream element connected to the downstream element, and either a spacer element or a blanking element arranged...