ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,252, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MD Innovate LLC (Decatur, Ga.).

"Connector for flexible tubing used for fluid transport" was invented by David Ku (Decatur, Ga.), Susan Shea (McKees Rocks, Pa.), Kevin Maher (Decatur, Ga.) and Shriprasad Deshpande (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include a connector for connecting flexible tubing segments. The connector includes a connector body having a first end and a second end disposed opposite one another along a longitudinal axis of the connector body. The connector body defines a first bore, a second bore, and a lumen. The first bore is configured for...