US Patent Issued to DRAGERWERK on Aug. 25 for "Clamp, especially for a connection between a ventilator and a patient" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,844, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DRAGERWERK AG & Co. KGAA (Lubeck, Germany).

"Clamp, especially for a connection between a ventilator and a patient" was invented by Ludger Tappehorn (Lubeck, Germany), Marco Monnig (Lubeck, Germany) and Hendrik Fischer (Lubeck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp (1) releases or blocks a fluid connection as desired. A clamping tube (3, 4, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1) of the clamp (1) includes a blocking fluid guide element (7.1) and two connecting fluid guide elements (3, 4). The blocking fluid guide element (7.1) is connected in a fluid-tight manner to the two connecting fluid guide elements (3, ...