ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,043, issued on March 17, was assigned to Contour Biosolutions LLC (Middlesex, N.J.).
"Two piece clamp having toothed engagement" was invented by Louis Bongiorno (Millington, N.J.) and Andrew S. Mutz (Blackstone, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp may comprise a first clamp section and a second clamp section. Each clamp section may include a first semi-circular wall having first and second engagement members at opposing end points thereof. The first clamp section may be configured to connect to the second clamp section by engaging at least one tooth of a plurality of first teeth along a first tongue of one of the first clam...