ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,503, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (Little Falls, N.J.).

"Method of integrity testing of a single-use system" was invented by Karen Aechtler (Mannheim, Germany), Thomas Raetz (Mannheim, Germany) and Gerald Zieres (Mannheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of integrity testing of a single-use system for processing a fluidic material. In the inventive method, a single-use system for processing at least one fluidic material is provided. The single-use system has at least one plastic component. A test gas is applied to a lumen of the single-use system. The test gas has one or more ...