ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,640, issued on June 3, was assigned to BPR MEDICAL Ltd. (Nottinghamshire, Great Britain).
"Firebreak device" was invented by Benjamin Johnson (Nottinghamshire, Great Britain), Martin Cooper (Nottinghamshire, Great Britain) and Michael Brudenell (Nottinghamshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A firebreak device configured to arrest a flow of medical gas capable of combustion or of supporting combustion, said device comprising: a housing having a body portion, an inlet and an outlet, said inlet and outlet being linked by a conduit; a valve assembly located within said body portion, said valve assembly being movable betwee...