US Patent Issued to B. Braun Melsungen on May 20 for "Coupling element and coupling system for a closed fluid transfer system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,661, issued on May 20, was assigned to B. Braun Melsungen AG (Melsungen, Germany).

"Coupling element and coupling system for a closed fluid transfer system" was invented by Nathanael Fischer (Hauneck, Germany), Florin Kopp (Schortens, Germany) and Karl Martin Berg (Melsungen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling member for a closed fluid transfer system includes a housing having a fluid connection and a coupling side. A first channel extends from the fluid connection toward the coupling side for fluidly connecting the fluid connection and the coupling side. An elastomer member surrounds an opening of the first channel, o...