ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,686, issued on June 23, was assigned to medmix Switzerland AG (Haag, Switzerland).

"Discharge arrangement, component, accessory, method of connecting an accessory to a component, and system" was invented by Beat Mathys (Muri, Switzerland) and Martin Veid (Weggis, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A discharge arrangement includes a fluid conducting component having an outlet part, an accessory having an inlet part, and a locking ring, the inlet part of the accessory being releasably attachable to the outlet part of the fluid conducting component. The outlet part includes two or more outlets surrounded by a collar, with an outer s...