ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,208, issued on July 28, was assigned to Braun Avitum AG (Melsungen, Germany).

"Fluid collecting container" was invented by Enrico Corazzari (Mirandola, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid collecting container includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a front sheet and a back sheet. The front sheet and back sheet are fixed together at their edges and create a chamber in which the fluid can be collected. The fluid collecting container also has a channel having a first upper end fluidically connected to the fluid inlet and a second bottom end fluidically connected to the chamber. The channel is configured to increase the pressure...