ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,166, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Colder Products Co. (Roseville, Minn.).

"Fluid couplings" was invented by Matthew G. Casura (St. Anthony, Minn.), Nicholas B. Czechowski (Minneapolis), Neal W. Feldhahn (Oak Park Heights, Minn.), Gary J. Harris (Maple Grove, Minn.), Samuel M. Jang (Woodbury, Minn.), Andrew M. Quick (St. Paul, Minn.), Loi T. Truong (Savage, Minn.) and Krista A. Vangsgard (Oakdale, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluid coupling devices described herein can used in a bioprocessing facility, for example. In some cases, the fluid coupling devices can be used to couple bioprocessing equipment to a media source i...