ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,211, issued on March 25, was assigned to B. Braun Melsungen AG (Melsungen, Germany).
"Medical fluid transfer apparatus" was invented by Karl Martin Berg (Melsungen, Germany), Nathanael Fischer (Hauneck, Germany), Florin Kopp (Schortens, Germany) and Konstantin Krug-Sauer (Gudensberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical fluid transfer apparatus for transferring hazardous liquid medication in a fluid-tight manner. The apparatus includes a first connector portion having a first passage for fluid-tight connection to a medical syringe; a second connector portion having a second passage for fluid-tight connection to a medical...