ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,374, issued on April 7, was assigned to Asset Medical Inc. (San Diego).

"Stackable manifolds for medical fluids" was invented by Mehmet Tuysuz (Mugla, Turkey), Ahmet Reha Basaran (Balikesir, Turkey) and Saulius Umbrasas (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manifold including two or more connectors, or a manifold comprising a first connector and a second connector for communication of medical fluids. The manifold is constituted by engaging a first-gender first end of a connector to a complementarily shaped second-gender second end of a further connector; or the manifold is constituted by engaging a first-gender first end of the...