ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,760, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Fresenius Vial SAS (Brezins, France).

"Screw assembly for a clamping device" was invented by Florie Perrigouard (La Tronche, France), Mathieu Paoli (La Murette, France) and Damien Archat (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screw assembly (1) for a clamping device (4) comprises: a screw (2; 2') with a thread (20) having a thread axis (A) and a handle (3; 3') having a thread section (311) constituting a nut, wherein the screw (2; 2') and the handle (3; 3') are fixed together as a screw-nut assembly, wherein at least one of the thread section (311) of the handle (3; 3') and the thre...