ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,069, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Connectors for conduits" was invented by Andrew Chi Lup Lau (Auckland, New Zealand), Richard Daniel Panara (Auckland, New Zealand), Laurence Gulliver (Auckland, New Zealand), Sooji Hope Clarkson (Auckland, New Zealand), Jason Allan Klenner (Auckland, New Zealand), Andrew Paul Maxwell Salmon (Auckland, New Zealand) and Brent Ian Laing (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to connectors to be provided into fluid communication or engagement either directly with, or via a component to be associated with, ...