ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,846, issued on May 12, was assigned to EQUASHIELD MEDICAL LTD..

"Components of a fluid transfer apparatus" was invented by Marino Kriheli (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A syringe that is configured for use in a syringe pump. The syringe has a flange at the proximal end of a barrel and a sealing element at its proximal end. The sealing element has of a disk shaped annular sealing assembly having a hole in its center through which a piston rod passes. The sealing assembly has an upper part and a lower part that are pressed together to hold an O-ring that seals around the piston rod. The sealing assembly is placed insid...