ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,836, issued on July 21, was assigned to DRAGERWERK AG & Co. KGAA (Lubeck, Germany).
"Taking up system and process with a filter unit for the receiving of gas from a medical apparatus" was invented by Hans Ulrich Schuler (Lubeck, Germany), Ralf Heesch (Lubeck, Germany) and Robert Schmid (Lubeck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A taking up/receiving system (100) and a process for taking up/receiving of gas from a medical apparatus (1) are provided. The taking up/receiving system includes a feed line (6), a discharge line (8), a filter unit (4) with a filter and at least one buffer storage device. The feed line establishes a flui...