ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,682, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to B. Braun Melsungen AG (Melsungen, Germany).

"Elastomeric membrane for a medical elastomer pump, and medical elastomer pump having such elastomeric membrane" was invented by Jens Wildhagen (Hannover, Germany) and Niklas Riemann (Alheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical elastomer pump and an elastomeric membrane for use in infusion therapy. The elastomeric membrane forms a pump volume for receiving and delivering a medical fluid. In a filled state of the pump volume, in which the pump volume is filled at least in part with the medical fluid, the elastomeric membrane is resiliently...