ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,663, issued on April 1, was assigned to Blue-White Industries Ltd. (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

"Overmolded tubing assembly and adapter for a positive displacement pump" was invented by Robert Gledhill III (Huntington Beach, Calif.), John Nguyen (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and Steven Lee Smith (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubing assembly is provided that can comprise a plurality of tubes or lumens that can be disposed within a head of a peristaltic pump. The tubing assembly can provide a flow rate or volume capacity that is generally equal to or greater than that achieved with a comparable prior art tube while op...