ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,304, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Bad Homburg, Germany).
"Closing element for a fluid line" was invented by Philippe Laffay (Sainte Foy les Lyon, France), Francois Dumont-D'ayot (Lyons, France), Benoit Luaire (Sourcieux les Mines, France), Winfried Brehm (Hofheim, Germany), Martin Kaiser (Hassfurt, Germany), Paul Seit (Schweinfurt, Germany) and Rafael Sterzer (Schweinfurt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a closing element for a fluid line, preferably a fluid line of a concentrate container, comprising a closing portion configured to be arranged on ...