ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,934, issued on April 14, was assigned to Colder Products Co. (Roseville, Minn.).
"Aseptic fluid couplings" was invented by Matthew Gregory Casura (St. Anthony, Minn.), Jonathan Steven Van Loon (Prescott, Wis.) and Randall S. Williams (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some fluid coupling devices described herein are configured for use in fluid systems. For example, some embodiments described in this document are single-use, aseptic fluid coupling devices that can be coupled to create a sterile flow path therethrough. Some such aseptic couplings are genderless couplings such that two identical aseptic couplings can be couple...