ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,880, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SARTORIUS STEDIM BIOTECH GMBH (Germany).

"Device for mechanically stabilizing a connection, in particular a sensor connection, on a flexible bag" was invented by Thomas Regen (Goettingen, Germany), Jochen Scholz (Goettingen, Germany), Thomas Dreher (Goettingen, Germany), Regina Wollschmidt (Goettingen, Germany), Sascha Gaertner (Goettingen, Germany), Jan-Eike Schubert (Goettingen, Germany), Ute Husemann (Goettingen, Germany), Sabrina Hildebrandt (Goettingen, Germany), Andrea Frieser (Goettingen, Germany), Sharon-Angela Althuber (Goettingen, Germany) and Sebastian Purmann (Goettingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S....