ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,415, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. (Deerfield, Ill.) and BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).
"Tube twist tubing occluder" was invented by Edward Stanley Szpara (Saint Charles, Ill.) and John Sterling Norman (Gurnee, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tube occluder includes a body within which an end of the tube is attached; a twisting lug formed with or attached to the tube, the twisting lug including an outwardly extending shape; and a sleeve in rotational communication with the body, the sleeve including an internal profile that matingly engages the outwardly extending shape of the twist...