ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,111, issued on June 23, was assigned to Oetiker NY Inc. (Lancaster, N.Y.).
"Fluid connection assembly" was invented by Oliver Engelland (Eppstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retainer for a fluid connection assembly, including a cylindrical portion including a first end, a second end, a radially inward facing surface, and a radially outward facing surface, and a plurality of arm portions separated by circumferential spaces, each arm portion of the plurality of arm portions including a first member including a proximal end pivotably connected to the second end, the first member extending radially outward from the second e...