US Patent Issued to Colder Products on Feb. 24 for "Aseptic coupling devices" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,263, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Colder Products Co. (Roseville, Minn.).

"Aseptic coupling devices" was invented by Todd C. Andrews (River Falls, Wis.), Patrick T. Gerst (Oakdale, Minn.), Jeremy H. Nichols (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Randall S. Williams (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Formation of a sterile connection includes inserting a first aseptic coupling device into a second aseptic coupling device, removing a first membrane from the first aseptic coupling device and a second membrane from the second aseptic coupling device, and rotating a locking clip on the first aseptic coupling device to compress a first se...