ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,477, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to B. Braun Melsungen AG (Melsungen, Germany).
"Infusion pump with pivotable peristaltic pump unit" was invented by Jan Schwarz (Melsungen, Germany), Matthias Schwalm (Schwalmstadt, Germany), Mario Richardt (Zierenberg, Germany), Daniel Weber (Lahrbach, Germany), Joachim Schuetz (Fulda, Germany) and Rene Dietrich (Hofbieber, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear peristaltic infusion pump has a pump housing to which a front lid is pivotably hinged to open and close the front lid. A peristaltic pump unit is pivotably received in the pump housing. A pivoting mechanism is functionally connec...