ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,380, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to RAUMEDIC AG (Munchberg, Germany).
"Biocompatible and/or food-safe tube assembly" was invented by Jorg Prescher (Ramsthal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biocompatible and/or food-safe tube assembly (1) is used to connect at least three tube connectors (A, B, C). A first tube section (2) serves to connect two (A, B) of the at least three tube connectors (A, B, C). A sec-ond tube section (3) opens into the first tube section (2) via an orifice (4) in a casing wall (5) of the first tube section (2). An orifice sealing body (8) delimits the orifice (4) to the inner lumen of the first tu...