US Patent Issued to ELCAM MEDICAL AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION on Sept. 1 for "Closed stopcock" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,665, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ELCAM MEDICAL AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION LTD (Merom Hagalil, Israel).

"Closed stopcock" was invented by Gilad Mermelshtein (Misgav-Am, Israel), Hilel Yeshayahu (Tzefat, Israel) and Ilan Shopen (Tzefat, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stopcock, comprising a housing element defining a central bore and at least first, second and third ports; and a handle element which is selectably positionable relative to the housing element; at least one of the housing element and the handle element defining: a first fluid flow passageway communicating between two of the at least first, second ...