US Patent Issued to Puray on July 28 for "Medical tube" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,191, issued on July 28, was assigned to Puray GmbH (Munich).

"Medical tube" was invented by Martin Duffner (Munich), Christina Weber (Munich), Daniel Scherzer (UnterschleiBheim, Germany) and Erick Daniel Pano Paniagua (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a tube comprising at least one lumen, and a wall comprising at least one or a plurality of wave-guide(s). The wall encloses the at least one lumen. The tube comprises a distal end configured for being introduced into a body of a mammal and a proximal end comprising a tube-connector. The wave-guide(s) are configured to conduct electro-magnetic radiation along the tube. ...