ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,812, issued on March 24, was assigned to Adavation LLC (Woodstock, Ga.).
"Selectably locking medical coupling" was invented by Benjamin Martin Davis (Woodstock, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A male or female orientated medical tubing or syringe connector that can be selectably locked in a threaded configuration or a breakaway configuration. The male connector includes opposing threaded sections and opposing non-threaded sections. The opposing threaded sections allow for the male connector's fully or partially threaded female counterpart to be screwed into place on attachment and unscrewed on detachment. The opposing unthreaded ...