ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,210, issued on May 27.

"System for joining a device, in particular a medical device, to a support" was invented by Emmanuel Hallauer (Sache, France) and Philippe Le Roux (Tours, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a removable system for joining a device to a support, using a male part interacting with a female part; the male part including an arm having a free end provided with a series of bearing teeth extending radially; the female part including at least one locking plate in which is arranged an opening delimiting retaining teeth able to come face-to-face with a bearing tooth to prevent the disengageme...