US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson France on Jan. 27 for "Flexible trunk and rigid support arrangement for the transfer of sterile components from a container" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,669, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Becton Dickinson France (Le Pont-de-Claix, France).

"Flexible trunk and rigid support arrangement for the transfer of sterile components from a container" was invented by Anais Eymery (Saint-Georges-de-Commiers, France) and Clementine Le Loc'h (Meylan, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for the transfer of sterilized components from a container into a sterile chamber through a transfer port, the assembly including a rigid support (70) and a flexible trunk (80). The rigid support (70) is substantially annular and includes a first end (76), a second end (78), and a sealing surface ...