ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,029, issued on June 30, was assigned to Genesis BPS LLC (Ramsey, N.J.).

"Device for welding plastic tubes" was invented by Jacob M. Diamanti (Burlington Township, N.J.) and Jerrold B. Grossman (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tube welder including a clamp block configured to receive a tube, a carriage movable along a first axis, and a slide rail coupling the clamp block to the carriage such that the clamp block is configured to move along a second axis between the carriage and the clamp block. The tube welder further including a spring biasing the clamp block in a first direction along the second axis and a linkage ...