US Patent Issued to West Pharmaceutical Services on July 21 for "Connection system and active sterilizer for a drug delivery device" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,792, issued on July 21, was assigned to West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (Exton, Pa.).

"Connection system and active sterilizer for a drug delivery device" was invented by Zachary Wallace (Philadelphia), Lawton Laurence (Chester Springs, Pa.), Menaka Abeygunawardena (Blue Bell, Pa.), Eleftherios Hristofas (Lancaster, Pa.) and John Basista (Ambler, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for creating an aseptic connection includes arranging a heating element between a first outer sealing surface and a second outer sealing surface such that the heating element is in contact with the first outer sealing surface and the second outer...