ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,294, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Vygon (France).
"Fitting for a feeding line" was invented by Jean-Louis Coussegal (Beauchamp, France) and Samuel Guilon (Bonneuil-en-France, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a fitting for an enteral feeding line, comprising: attachment means configured to connect the fitting to a complementary fitting, a tapered tip coaxial with an axis and a flange extending around the tip and coaxial with the tip, the flange extending away from the tip and delimiting with the tip an annular space configured to receive the complementary fitting, the attachment means being ...